Montgomery County Community Foundation’s unites donors' passions to improve lives with their legacies to support non-profits serving and scholarships for Montgomery County residents. The Community Foundation ensures that funds are wisely invested to generate revenue for grants and scholarships in perpetuity. Non-profit organizations receive grants through MCCF annual distribution process provide a wide range of services, including health and well-being, human services, animal welfare, ... Read More
Montgomery County Community Foundation’s unites donors' passions to improve lives with their legacies to support non-profits serving and scholarships for Montgomery County residents. The Community Foundation ensures that funds are wisely invested to generate revenue for grants and scholarships in perpetuity. Non-profit organizations receive grants through MCCF annual distribution process provide a wide range of services, including health and well-being, human services, animal welfare, arts and culture, heritage, education, and capacity building. During the 2022 grant cycle, 49 nonprofits received grants for 2023. The fall 2023 college semester saw 2020 local students receive scholarships. Three new scholarships were awarded during the 2023 cycle, including ones targeting single mothers, at risk students and a new rural student of Osteopathic Medicine at Sam Houston State University to practice rural medicine.
MCCF's Long Term Disaster Recovery Fund fills the gaps not funded by other organizations helping families recovering from disasters. The goal is to get families back in a safe and habitable home. Funds raised for Hurricane Harvey have been used to leverage other funds - such as leveling a house so that home repairs pledged through other grants can move forward. This MCCF Long Term Disaster Recovery Fund assisted 45 households repair or replacing their home safely after Hurricane Harvey with an additional home repaired after Hurricane Ida. Two agencies, Community Assistance Center and Montgomery County Food Bank, were awarded over $52,000 in February 2021 to help families who lost income due to the unexpected freeze that paralyzed Montgomery County.
A volunteer Distribution Committee reviews grant requests, vets the organizations, and recommends grants based on the available funds, the dictates of those funds, and the viability of the organization and program. The MCCF Board of Directors then approves the slate of recommendations. At this time, 3% of the interest, dividends, and retained earnings is made available for grants and scholarships. MCCF does not charge any administrative fees to the funds so all additional earnings are rolled back into the endowment funds to continue to grow the funds. Administrative costs are underwritten by 2 annual fundraisers: A Wine Dinner in April and a Sporting Clays Shoot Out in August.
MCCF - Investing today for Montgomery County’s tomorrow…
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