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Overview of The Community Foundation for the National Capitol Region (CFNCR)

The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region (CFNCR), formerly Foundation for the National Capital Region was formally incorporated in 1973 in Washington, DC when a group of leaders in the region including Hank Strong, Robert Linowes, and Katharine Graham came together. This organization is a public charity that serves in the greater Washington, D.C metropolitan region.

It is part of a network of over 700 community foundations in the United States. Each of the parties in this network are public charities that are exempted from taxes and are funded by organizations, corporations, families and individuals. According to the Council on Foundations, CFNCR happens to be 5th largest community foundation in the United States

With annual grants surpassing $ 90 million, it is the largest supporter of non- profit organization based in the metropolitan Washington region. This is based on the amount of grants paid. In terms of gifts received, it is the 9th largest in the country.

CFNCR primarily operates in various communities spreading from the District of Colombia, Northern Virginia and Maryland. The organization also has offices in Prince George’s county and Montgomery County where two affiliate foundations are based.

GOALS/ MISSION

The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region documents its main goal as seeking to improve and develop the metropolitan Washington region. It aims to achieve this by promoting charitable giving and effectively utilizing the funds to benefit the communities in the region. CFNCR offers leadership channels through which critical issues that affect the communities can be effectively handled.

The foundation also hopes to improve employment in its areas of operation by creating, offering and retaining jobs that can benefit the people living in the region. It is very important to note that the foundation does not limit its goals to the Washington metropolitan region.

It is also dedicated to driving change in areas beyond its bases of operation. CFNCR hopes to achieve this by helping other organizations, businesses and people realize their goals and consequently, this helps the community at large.

This community foundation offers competitive grant opportunities and these cover a variety of areas including but not limited to the arts, education, workforce and employment development, organizational and individual capacity-building, emergency services, violence prevention, family and children development as well as family literacy.

AREAS OF INTEREST

CFNCR currently has some key areas of interest as grant makers. Below is a detailed and comprehensive account of some of these areas.

EDUCATION

This foundation made it part of its goals to ensure that the youth who graduate from high school have access to post-secondary opportunities, education-wise or career-wise. Its main focus is on young people (16 – 24 years) who are disconnected.
Through intervention and prevention strategies, the foundation seeks to increase the number of such youth who would go on to achieve employment and education outcomes. It administers various scholarship funds for higher education. It is important to note that each of these scholarships bears specific qualification criteria and application processes and guidelines.

INDIVIDUAL GRANTS

CFNCR awards scholarships and grants to individuals from the Washington metropolitan region who have recognized talent, creativity, leadership qualities and vision. These grants are meant to stimulate productivity in the areas.

GREATER WASHINGTON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT

The Greater Washington Workforce Development is a collaborative effort from several donor groups. It functions to assist low-income individuals in the Greater Washington region in getting and retaining jobs. This program achieves this by providing workers with top quality career training and other supportive services through which they may improve their skills. Through these actions, it aims to offer proper opportunities, wages and benefits that will bring about development in the area.

BLOGS

CFNCR uses their blog as an effective platform to keep Internet users informed on current events and developments concerning all the areas of interest of community foundations. This platform is also used to strengthen their agenda on improving communities through philanthropy. This was evident on a number of blog posts in response to the current gun violence issues that are affecting the country.

CFNCR has done an admirable job of improving the lives of the residents of the Washington region. This community foundation still has a lot to offer to children, the youth, seniors, economically disadvantages persons and low-income families through effective funding.

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