Gordon Elwood Foundation

Direct Charitable Activities (Community Building Strategic Activities) 2024-2025 Background on these activities:Beginning in 2003 the Foundations board of directors decided to invest more than just dollars into the four target counties in Southern Oregon to support its regional Vision: Jackson, Josephine, Klamath, and Curry counties are home to successful youth and individuals, thriving families, and communities as demonstrated by. Goals in Support of CommunitiesLeverage resources to bring attention to community health and vitalization opportunities.Create opportunities for new thinking and innovative approaches to community issues.Partner with public and private funders to learn and achieve a greater impact on community and regional issues.Act as a convener to surface underlying causes of community issues and the opportunity for creative resolution. Provide capacity assistance to community agencies.Expenses to promote and carry out these goals are outside the cash grants allocated eac