Foundation donor Ellen Ross stands with her family, the Kramers. Ellen has a fund with The Community Foundation for Montgomery County that she manages with her siblings in honor of their parents. Read more about the Kramers and how The Community Foundation can help with your planned giving needs in this month’s newsletter.

Ellen ross

The DC Fiscal Policy Institute released its “resource map” offering a snapshot of the city’s investment in workforce development. The project was supported by a grant from the Greater Washington Workforce Development Collaborative, an initiative of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region. Read more about the resource map here.

Resource Map

The Foundation’s 2011 Civic Spirit Award honors Vicki and Roger Sant, one of the Washington region’s most respected and beloved philanthropic couples. Read more about the work of their Summit Fund.

The Sants

What's New

  • Making Connections November, 2011 CREATING YOUR LEGACY...Read our January Newsletter

    What do you want your legacy to be? In this issue of Making Connections, we profile two families who have set up donor-advised funds at The Community Foundation that honor the memory and wishes of their parents by continuing the family tradition of philanthropy. Read their stories and learn more about how we can help you with planned giving. 

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  • Funders and States Gather Together for a Race to the Top Philanthropy Conference

    Seventy funders from eleven Race to the Top (RTTT) states and the District of Columbia gathered together with interested private-sector stakeholders at the Race to the Top Philanthropy Conference in Washington, DC this week.  Co-hosted by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, Harold K. L. Castle Foundation, Grantmakers for Education and U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Strategic Partnerships. The three-day meeting focused on creating ways for foundations to contribute to the long-term success of RTTT and statewide education reform.

  • Making Connections December, 2011 Give Where You Live: Year-End Giving Guide

    As we close out 2011, our December newsletter is entitled “Give Where You Live: Year-End Giving Guide”. In this guide we celebrate the work The Community Foundation has accomplished this year through the generous support of our donors. The guide also highlights a number of organizations who impact people’s lives on a daily basis. Read here to learn more about how you can help these and other organizations.

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Our Latest Blog Post

  • Philanthropy is a Personal Choice
  • Terri Lee Freeman, President

    By  Terri Lee Freeman
    President, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region


    In Giving it Some Thought, Terri Lee Freeman, President of The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, regularly shares her viewpoints on a current topic. Terri responds to an editorial published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy in January that was critical of the giving interests of billionaires and very wealthy individuals.

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Terri Lee Freeman and The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region thanking you for your generous contributions this past year. 2012 awaits!