Future Fund of Abilene

New Future Fund grantee! Hunter is doing such cool things with Day 1 Bags.

Grantee Spotlight: Day 1 Bags

"We make sure each child or young adult is treated with dignity and respect." - Hunter Beaton, who founded the organization when he was just 16 years old!

This $4,500 grant was from this year's Future Fund grant cycle, supporting the Day 1 Bags program to provide bags with essential needs, books, and encouraging items to youth in foster care. Day 1 Bags envisions a future where no child has to pack their belongings in a trash bag.

More from Hunter and what's in the bags, in this blog post:
https://bit.ly/3vgtsY1

Photo used with permission from Hunter Beaton.

We had the MOST fun celebrating Future Fund members and Friends of the Community Foundation at the Abilene Zoo last night!

Thank you to all of our members who make grants to children and youth possible each year.

And thank you to the Abilene Zoo, Reed Beverage - Abilene, and H-E-B for making the event so special!

cfabilene.org/futurefund

Future Fund grants account for 23 local nonprofits serving children and youth this year!

The Community Foundation and our fundholders made grants to 557+ nonprofit organizations over the past year. And 375 were right here in west-central Texas!

Our donors make an impact on a broad range of charitable causes serving a vast array of needs.

We love this! 🧡💙

Grant Provides Special Eye-Care Technology for Local Kids The Community Foundation of Abilene empowers people to make a lasting charitable impact on our community. We connect donors to causes they care about, manage strategic investments to preserve our endowments, and make grants that align with our donors' charitable interests.

Show number two with Mike and the Moonpies was AWESOME! Thanks to everyone who supports the Open Road concert series benefiting Future Fund.

Looking forward to the second show of the series! Proceeds benefit Future Fund, which leads to more grants for nonprofits serving local kids.

Tomorroooowwww! Who's ready to get down with Mike and the Moonpies?

You can even involve your own kids in the grantmaking decisions! We love seeing multiple generations working together on their own special charitable giving plan. 👇

“We have come together to share our vision, purpose, and values as a family, knowing that philanthropy and giving is a legacy that our parents have left us." - Cathey Weatherl

The Alexander Families Giving Fund is a beautiful example of how multiple generations of family members can impact the charitable causes they care about, together.

The Alexander story ➡️ https://bit.ly/39lujiB

Heart-wrenching.

Uvalde Strong: Where to Donate The Community Foundation of Abilene empowers people to make a lasting charitable impact on our community. We connect donors to causes they care about, manage strategic investments to preserve our endowments, and make grants that align with our donors' charitable interests.

We are so excited for another Open Road concert series benefiting Future Fund!

We are READY. The 2022 series kicks of next Thursday with The Texas Gentlemen!

What an honor to be the beneficiary of this concert series! Future Fund grants support nonprofits serving local children and youth, and we have the same standards when making grants using Open Road proceeds.

This will be such a positive benefit for families while their newborns are in the NICU.

Open Road Concert Proceeds Provide Grant for NICU Cameras The Community Foundation of Abilene empowers people to make a lasting charitable impact on our community. We connect donors to causes they care about, manage strategic investments to preserve our endowments, and make grants that align with our donors' charitable interests.

Our hearts go out to all of the affected communities.

The Community Foundation of Abilene has established two funds to collect donations to support people, businesses, and fire departments affected by ongoing fires across the Big Country.

➡️ cfabilene.org/firerelief

The Eastland County Fire Relief Fund will meet needs specific to Eastland County, and the Big Country Fire Relief Fund is for other communities in our region.

“We are here to help meet needs for the greater Big Country region. Our hearts go out to all of the communities affected by these devastating fires." - Katie Alford, CFA President/CEO