Entries for October 2007

Over the past year and a half, the Community Foundation has talked and written a great deal about the charitable IRA rollover. This new giving option was enacted in August 2006, when Congress passed a law that allows individuals to give individual retirement account (IRA) assets to charity...      

The Community Foundation typically awards over $600,000 in scholarship assistance to Chautauqua region students every year. This $600,000 comes from over 200 separate scholarship funds administered by the Foundation...      

Honoring the memory of someone who has passed on is one of the purposes for establishing memorial funds with the Community Foundation. Donors can honor the loved one lost, knowing their gift is benefiting the community in his /her name...      

To many people in the Chautauqua Region, the Community Foundation has become synonymous with the word “scholarships.” This is especially true to local students and their parents. With over $600,000 awarded nearly every year and over 200 active scholarship funds...