Rochester Area Foundation recently hosted our Fall Better Communities Grants Showcase. The Grants Showcase celebrates philanthropy in action by giving donors and community members a chance to connect with the nonprofits selected as grant finalists by the RAF Grants Distribution Committee.
This fall, we received a record $600,000 in grant requests from 51 area nonprofits. The Grant Distribution Committee had the difficult task of reviewing all of the applications, conducting site visits, and distributing the funding available from RAF’s Better Communities Fund and Field of Interests Funds created by donors.
The 18 nonprofits that presented at the showcase have all been recommended for funding by the committee. Unfortunately, RAF is not able to provide the full amount of funding requested for all of these finalist projects. This is where philanthropic community members stepped up to help – by contributing to the projects through a donor advised fund grant or direct donation toward any or all of the projects.
If you’d like to donate to any of the project, contact Jeremy Emmi at jeremy@rochesterarea.org or 507-424-2417 by October 24th.
Learn more about the organizations and their projects by clicking here.
Thank you to everyone who made the Fall Grant Showcase such an inspiring and educational event.
