March: Received the first donation of a farm to PCCF
Founded in 2001, the Pickaway County Community Foundation (PCCF) is an organization that administers over 80 separately established funds with over $11 million in total assets. At PCCF, we lend momentum, provide leadership and increase leadership and resources for a wide variety of programs and efforts. We do this primarily through grants that serve to reinforce, initiate and provide support for volunteer-based organizations, local charities, government agencies and communities at large. Among our many assets are scholarships, funds devoted to supporting Pickaway County recreational areas and the arts, homeless veterans assistance, charitable program support, organizational funding grants, and a highly successful leadership training program within the Pickaway Competitiveness Network (PCN).
The Pickaway County Community Foundation is governed by a 12-member Board of Directors, but it enjoys a strong, mutually supportive partnership with The Columbus Foundation, which provides technical and investment services for PCCF.
PCCF is a vehicle through which individuals, families, businesses and charitable organizations can make gifts, current and deferred, to benefit the community. We make it economical and easy for people to invest in the community, and through your investments, we can help secure brighter futures and more satisfying lives for those living in Pickaway County.
Community foundations are tax-exempt charitable organizations created by the people to benefit that particular community. They serve a vital role as an enabler of good works – encouraging individuals, families, organizations and companies to fund community activities in areas where donors live and work.
Community foundations provide donors with favorable charitable tax-deductions and promote effective grant-making through deep knowledge of the communities they serve.
There are hundreds of community foundations across the U.S. and most actively award grants that benefit their communities in a wide variety of ways. For many individuals, families, organizations and businesses, a community foundation is among the most desirable way to invest funds for a greater good, especially when their “investments” can help secure brighter futures and more satisfying lives for those living in their neighborhoods, towns, cities and counties.
March: Received the first donation of a farm to PCCF
November: PCCF surprises 8 non-profits with donations during Giving Tuesday
November: The first Clays for Community fundraiser was held in conjunction with Touched by Cancer
October: PCCF works with 16 Pickaway County non-profits to bring $274,870 in donations to county nonprofits during the Big Give sponsored by the Columbus Foundation.
October: The Advocacy Campaign was launched and the first two life-time advocates donated
June: The first Advisory Committee was established
April: Foundation reaches $10 Million in assets
January: PCCF Board selects first Executive Director to serve as part-time professional staff member
January: Foundation surpasses $8.4 million in assets in 78 funds
November: Launched a Membership Campaign of $50,000 for operations
September: Hosted a Youth Summit with leaders from all four school districts
January: Foundation surpasses $7.3 million in 72 funds
July: Grand opening of the Founders Center for Philanthropy
January: Foundation surpasses $6.3 million in assets
September: Columbus Foundation Leadership in Philanthropy Award given to the Founding Board
January: Foundation surpasses $5 million in assets
September: Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary with a community picnic
September: Foundation receives its first planned gift from a community donor
April: PCCF reaches goal of 50 funds with the opening of the Pickaway Competitiveness Network accounts
April: Philanthropy in Pickaway County garners national attention when ABC World News Tonight records segment on a youth philanthropy project supported by the Circleville City Schools Endowment Fund
March: The Foundation raises $100,000 in unrestricted funds, fulfilling the September ’08 challenge and creating a more secure financial platform for the organization’s activities
October: PCN hires its first coordinator
September: To meet the need for operating support, a donor offers a $50,000 challenge grant to the PCCF board; board members accept the challenge and begin to raise unrestricted funds
August: Pickaway Competitiveness Network created; PCCF provides leadership and support for the effort
July: Youth Advisory Council awards its first grant
September: Board members and community stakeholders travel to Nebraska to explore the Hometown Competitiveness Network
March: First education foundation, the Westfall Education Foundation, is created; eventually, funds will be established to support each of the four Pickaway county school districts
March: Mike Harrison Park Fund established to support construction of the Mary Virginia Crites Hannon Park. Foundation unveils plans for the park in September
January: PCCF seeks to encourage philanthropy among youth by earmarking funds to support grantmaking by young people
December: The PCCF family includes 23 funds, representing assets of $2,866,342
May: The William Ammer Memorial Education Trust Fund is established
May: Gladys Schaal Memorial Scholarship Fund is the first fund established through a professional advisor transfer
January: United Way of Pickaway County offers office space to the Foundation
September: First unrestricted fund created – Yamarick Family Fund
April: PCCF holds its first Celebration of Philanthropy, an event to honor and cultivate donors
February: PCCF makes its first grants to community organizations, including support to the New Holland Tri-County Police Athletic League for a youth martial arts class, to the Teays Valley Civic Association for a stage in the village park, and to the Pickaway County Historical and Genealogical Society for improvements to the new Canal Park
December: Relationship with the Columbus Foundation established – CF agrees to hold, invest, and manage PCCF funds
August: First fund established – the Starkey Fund for Youth
October: Internal Revenue Service awards tax-exempt status to the Pickaway County Community Foundation
August: First board is named and a retreat convened to discuss organizational strategies; Ohio Grantmakers Forum agrees to serve as fiscal agent until the foundation receives nonprofit status
September: The Group of 40 meets to explore the idea of a community foundation
The Pickaway County Community Foundation is a volunteer organization led by a board of community leaders who are dedicated to helping you strengthen and improve the community through charitable giving. We are committed to honoring your charitable intent and working as stewards of the legacies left to the Foundation across generations.
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