Whatever your means or charitable goals, the Franklin County Community Foundation makes it easy to become a philanthropist. You may contribute to any of the funds at any time, in any amount — or start a new endowment for your favorite charity with $10,000 in initial funding. (Scholarship Funds require $25,000 in initial funding.).
It's not the kind of story you'd expect to read in the lead-up to Halloween, but that's exactly what happened in this case.
Police say a man dressed as Santa Claus walked into a mall in Santa...more
... $6,800 seed money from the Franklin County Community Foundation to start the affiliation. About 30 children signed up Friday within the first...more
When Hannah Davis traveled to China to teach English, she noticed how Chinese workers and farmers were often sporting olive green army-style shoes. Those shoes served as her inspiration to create her own social enterprise, Bangs Shoes.