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Community Foundation Announces

$500 Million

“BE BOLD” Campaign

To Grow Assets 2018. The $11.8 million brings the total of grants awarded
to $108 million since the Community Foundation of Broward
and Boost Charitable was founded.

Campaign Chair James Donnelly, who
Giving in Broward… is both a Community Foundation
Board member and fund holder,
Forever called the $85 million already raised
toward the $500 million goal “an
More than $85 Million amazing start.”

“We need leaders to step up and
Already Raised Toward create a new path, a bold path,” he
said. “Broward is a community at a
$500 Million crossroads. Either we cross our fingers
and make a wish, or we can use local
Campaign Goal philanthropy to define where we go as a community, to

define Broward’s future.”
he Community Foundation of Broward today
announced an aggressive “BE BOLD” Leadership Among the most significant grants announced during the
T Campaign to more than triple its assets and past year were $1 million to Habitat for Humanity of
dramatically increase the amount of grants awarded through the Broward for the development of a single-family home
Foundation by 2024, with a goal of raising $500 million to add community in Pompano Beach and $3 million over three
to the Foundation’s current assets of more than $200 million. years to the Broward County School Board to support a
“School is Cool” initiative aimed at middle school students
The BE BOLD Leadership Campaign is off to a fast start, with deemed at risk for ultimately dropping out of school.
$85 million already raised in new funds and future legacy
estate gifts, according to Community Foundation officials. The Community Foundation has identified 10 “issues that
The 2024 target coincides with the 40th anniversary of the matter” in Broward and are tackling challenges related to
1984 establishment of the Community Foundation of education, the burgeoning elderly population, cancer
Broward, which already ranks among the nation’s 100 research, the arts, economic
largest community foundations. opportunity, and more.
Tripling its endowment assets over the next six years will also “Broward’s problems become more
mean tripling the Community Foundation’s giving potential complex as the community grows. The
through grants that meet immediate and emerging needs in need for philanthropists to take action
Broward County. As part of announcing the $500 million is huge and the time is now, said
campaign, leaders of the Community Foundation also Linda Carter, President and CEO of
pledged to grow its grant awards in Broward to $35 million the Community Foundation of
annually, from more than $11.8 million contributed toward Broward. “The Foundation has a
community needs in its latest fiscal year, ending June 30, 34-year track record of creating game-

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