New Additions to Foundation Staff

The Community Foundation is pleased to welcome two young professionals to our team.

Lily Simpson Read more about New Staff at the Foundation

Now Hiring: Program Officer

Looking to join our team?

The Community Foundation of Louisville is seeking a bright, energetic, creative, self-motivated professional with a demonstrated passion for community engagement and relationship building. We are hiring a new Program Officer for our Community Leadership team. Read more about Hiring: Program Officer

10th Annual Professional Advisor Seminar10th Annual Professional Advisor Seminar Read more about Be Generous, Be Informed

Join us as we announce the winner of the first
Mary Alice Hadley Prize for Visual Art

Monday, June 10 at 11:00 a.m.

Louisville Visual Art Association's gallery, PUBLIC
located on the 1st floor of 131 W. Main Street in Whiskey Row

  Read more about Winner of Mary Alice Hadley Prize for Visual Art

The Community Foundation's Vogt Invention and Innovation Fund has supported the Vogt Awards for more than 12 years. In that time more than $2 million has been distributed to 50 entrepreneurs in the Louisville area. Read more about Vogt Awards 2.0

The Next Louisville: Dropout Profiles

Beginning Wednesday, March 6 on 89.3 WFPL News

Kamani Straub says he left Seneca High School just a few credits shy of graduating. Pierre Travis says he left Buechel Metropolitan High School after being arrested for threatening a teacher. Steven Gulson says he didn't fit into any social group and he found school boring.
 
Read more about Next Louisville: Dropout Profiles

INVESTMENT BRIEFING 2013

The Community Foundation hosted an Investment Briefing to discuss how the Foundation invests charitable assets for the future. The presentation featured Matt Bacon, Chief Financial Officer of the Community Foundation; Charlie Kane, Chair of the Foundation's Investment Committee; and Neil Heppler, the Foundation's Investment Advisor from Fourth Street Performance Partners.

If you were unable to attend the presentation, or if you wish to review the information presented, you can download a copy of the slides from the presentation below. Read more about Investment Briefing 2013

April 24 will be Kentucky Gives Day, a 24-hour period dedicated to raising dollars for Kentucky nonprofits via an online giving portal. Kentucky nonprofits, both large and small, can receive donations from the public via kygives.org. By engaging as many donors as possible, Kentucky Gives Day will showcase the power of collective philanthropy. Read more about Ky Gives Day

The Next Louisville: Public Education

New Journalism Project Seeks Community Participation

When it comes to our public schools, just about everyone has an opinion. However, public discourse has generally focused on the thoughts and opinions of “experts” in the education field. The Community Foundation, in partnership with Louisville Public Media’s 89.3 WFPL News and the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, wants to widen the circle of conversation. Read more about Next Louisville: Public Education

IRA Charitable Rollover

Did you make a direct distribution from your IRA to a charity in 2012, hoping the IRA Charitable Rollover would take effect? You are in luck - it counts as a qualified charitable distribution for 2012. Read more about IRA Charitable Rollover 2013

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