Fairfield county's community foundation (the "community foundation"), partners with our community to create a fairfield county where every person has an equitable opportunity to thrive. The overarching goal of the community foundation is to close the opportunity GAP in fairfield county. This means eliminating disparities in income, education, employment, housing and health. To do this transformative work, the community foundation fosters and facilitates the coming together of the public, private and nonprofit sectors. As a community leader, the community foundation is advisor and catalyst for effective philanthropy, creates and manages charitable funds and addresses community needs with strategic grantmaking, partnerships and initiatives. The community foundation provides: - personalized philanthropic advisory services, grant services and financial stewardship to fund holders. - community leadership and strategic, collaborative initiatives to address key regional issues, such as education, affordable housing, health, economic opportunity and other areas, with an emphasis on older youth, women and girls and immigrants. - grants, counsel and professional development/leadership and other training to local nonprofits. - research on nonprofits and causes, due diligence and consultation with agencies and monitoring and evaluation of grant programs and foundation initiatives.
NORTH AMERICA - CANADA AND MEXICO, BUT NOT THE UNITED STATES
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501(h) election
This 501(c)(3) elected the 501(h) safe-harbor — lobbying expenditures are capped under a clear dollar formula instead of the "insubstantial part" standard.