UPDATE: Match Day is live! Give now to support your community! The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) will be hosting Match Day 2024 on National Giving Tuesday, December 3. GACF has set aside $25,000 to match community contributions to participating charitable funds. Each participating fund will receive a prorated match out of the $25,000 match … Continue reading →
UPDATE: Applications for GACF’s 2024 competitive-grant cycle were due September 30 and are no longer being accepted. The original version of this post follows: The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) is excited to announce that GACF grant applications for 2024 are now open! Our competitive grant applications are available until September 30. For 2024, up … Continue reading →
Last night, we hosted our annual Founders’ & Grant Banquet at the Catholic Hall in Girard. It was a fantastic evening honoring our grant recipients and all the great work they do in Girard and surrounding communities. For 2023, we awarded $65,193 in competitive grants to 13 amazing organizations! Thanks to all those who could … Continue reading →
UPDATE: That’s a wrap! Thank you to everyone who gave! We’ll have an update about the totals raised in the next few days. The original version of this post follows. The Girard Area Community Foundation (GACF) invites you to participate in its first-ever Match Day on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. GACF has set aside $25,000 … Continue reading →
Update: Applications for the 2023 GACF grant cycle were due by September 30, 2023, and are no longer being accepted. The original version of this post follows: Heads up! We are taking grant applications through the end of September. Applications must be submitted online through GLM, the grant-application software we introduced last year. GACF Grant … Continue reading →
Update: This event has ended. The original version of this post follows: Get ready for the 8th annual GACF Coed Softball Tournament, coming Saturday, August 12, 2023 (UPDATE) September 23, 2023! Keep reading to learn more! What Players Should Know Update: Special Thanks To Our Sponsors! Home Run Sponsors Triple Sponsors Double Sponsors Single Sponsors … Continue reading →
Update: This event has ended. The original version of this post follows: Save the date! GACF is hosting its 3rd annual Charity Golf Tournament at the Crawford Hills Golf Course in Girard on June 3, 2023. This year’s tournament will be bigger than ever as we expand to an 18-hole format instead of just 9! … Continue reading →
We are happy to announce the 2022 Girard Area Community Foundation Grant Recipients. The annual banquet was held on Nov. 17th, and GACF was fortunate to grant $55,430! Special thanks to all our past donors. You are the reason we exist! 2022 GACF Grant Recipients This year’s grant recipients and their projects are: About GACF … Continue reading →
Update: Applications for the 2022 GACF grant cycle were due by September 30, 2022, and are no longer being accepted. The original version of this post follows: Good news! Our 2022 grant-application period is now open! This year, all grant applications must be submitted online through our new GLM software. Keep reading to learn more … Continue reading →
Update: This event has ended. The original version of this post follows: Here we go again! The Girard Area Community Foundation is hosting its 7th annual Coed Softball Tournament on September 10, 2022, in Walnut, Kansas. Proceeds from this event will benefit GACF, assisting in its mission of “preserving traditions for those who follow.” We … Continue reading →