Appalachia Rises Telethon to Raise Funds for Flood Relief

  With Kentucky’s Appalachian counties in distress following historic floods, nine organizations united to form a large-scale fundraising effort anchored by a telethon at 7…
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Clark County Community Foundation, Local Donor Award $240,000 to Public Schools to Fight Food Insecurity

The Clark County Community Foundation, in conjunction with an anonymous Clark County donor, is pleased to announce a grant of $240,000 to Clark County Public…
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Franklin County Community COVID Relief Funds Give Back

No one knows a community better than the people who call it home. That’s what makes local community funds so effective—they leverage this knowledge to…
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Racial Healing Circles

The Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative, a community-advised committee of Blue Grass Community Foundation, in partnership with the Center for Healing Racial Trauma, announces free…
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Harrison County Community Fund Downtown Restaurant Relief Challenge Match

The Harrison County Community Fund, a component fund of Blue Grass Community Foundation, is issuing a $5,000 challenge match to the community: all donations…
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2021 Grassroots Black Leadership Award Honorees

The Lexington Black Prosperity Initiative, a community-advised committee of Blue Grass Community Foundation, has announced the first class of Grassroots Leadership Award honorees. With…
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2020 GoodGiving Challenge Raises $2.39 million for Local Nonprofits

Tenth annual week-long online giving campaign raised a record-breaking amount of money for 126 nonprofits   The preliminary numbers are in for the GoodGiving Challenge,…
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Rowan County Community Fund Provides Chromebooks for Students

When the Rowan County Community Fund advisory board learned 45 Rowan County students did not have a computer to use for virtual learning, the fund…
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MAGOFFIN COUNTY COMMUNITY DAY: Match Met!

For the past 16 years, Magoffin County Community Day has been a celebration of fellowship with lively music and good food, but it has also…
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Woodford County Community Fund Welcomes new Advisors

The Woodford County Community Fund is pleased to welcome three new members to its board of advisors: Dan Rosenberg, president of Rosenberg Thoroughbred Consulting; Jonathan…
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