It was important to the CGTC Trustees that our endowment be placed with a local organization that would both benefit from our investment and keep the funds in our community. The Trustees were drawn to CFCG for its focus on servant leadership and its established programs which give back to the community. CFCG’s stewardship of the College’s endowment has provided a tremendous return on CGTC Foundation’s investment.

The Community Foundation of Central Georgia manages money well and provides other vital services to Historic Macon Foundation. CFCG’s investment performance is very competitive with the private market and its staff can process any type of gift we receive—a task we will never have the staff capacity or expertise to handle ourselves. It’s an added bonus to know that the small fees we pay will remain in the community to help other organizations. Additionally, having our endowment at CFCG allows its staff to educate prospective donors about our mission, and to share with other organizations and causes we care about, too.

The Community Foundation of Central Georgia understands philanthropy from both the donors’ and the grantees’ perspectives, and CFCG staff work to address the needs of both. They work to develop programs—scholarships, grants, endowments or other means—that satisfy donors’ wishes while enhancing the community. They help us meet short term needs and plan for the future.

We make distributions from the endowment fund annually for its upkeep— things like a new roof or a security system, repairs, whatever’s needed—and the endowment fund allows us to do that without sacrificing our community projects. CFCG manages our endowment fund so that we can spend our time and effort on early childhood literacy and school readiness. Our endowment fund has given Junior League members a vehicle for supporting our long-term goals.