The Junior League of Macon is just one local non-profits with an organizational endowment fund managed by the Community Foundation of Central Georgia.

Established in 2005, the Junior League’s endowment fund allows the organization to finance, sustain, expand and initiate designated Junior League of Macon Community Programs.  The annual distribution may also be used to support the JLM headquarters, meetings, training, other JLM operating or capital expenses.

Among its community projects, the Junior League actively supports literacy among preschool and elementary public school students, securing free books for preschoolers to promote reading in the family and volunteering in reading programs for elementary school students.

These community projects are supported by the organization’s annual fundraisers. At the same time, the endowment fund grows through memorial and honorarium gifts given by the organization’s members.  In the spring, when JLM members renew their membership, there is an opportunity to make a gift to the endowment fund.

“We are big cheerleaders for the Community Foundation,” she said. “Their mission and our mission is a beautiful fit: We both want to positively impact the community. They manage our endowment fund so that we can spend our time and effort on early childhood literacy and school readiness,” said Kathleen Medlin, past president of the Junior League of Macon

The Junior League relies on the expertise and knowledge of the Community Foundation staff to help build its endowment.  Because the  endowment fund at the Community Foundation has given Junior League members a vehicle for supporting the organization’s long-term goals.