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Established by local residents in the mid 1990s, the Mead Area Community Foundation works with donors from all walks of life who want to create unique funds to improve our local community.  By helping donors help our community through charitable giving, we are working to build a community endowment for the long-term benefit of Mead, Colorado and the immediate surrounding area.

What is a Community Fund?

A community foundation  is a collection of individual funds and resources given by local citizens to enhance and support the quality of life in their community. It is a tax-exempt public charity that allows individuals, through gifts and bequests, to establish permanent endowment funds within the confines of one large foundation. The income from these funds -- and the principle if so desired by the donor -- can help a community respond to emerging problems and opportunities as well as prepare for its future.

Legally a nonprofit organization, a community foundation is governed by a board of trustees knowledgeable about community needs and representing the public interest.

Community foundations are treated for tax purposes as publicly support charities. That status entitles donors to tax deductions that can often be more favorable than those accorded private foundation donors.

Community foundations offer a variety of options for each donor, and can involve second-generation family members in recognizing a families contributions to the community.

Community foundations offer a variety of options for each donor -- advised funds, designated funds, field-of- interest funds and unrestricted funds. All of these funds can be named for the donor, and can involve second-generation family members in recognizing a family's contributions to the community.