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Founded in 1993, The Cobb Community Foundation (CCF) is a philanthropic foundation through which individuals, families, organizations and corporations, support the well-being of our community. As a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization, CCF invests in solutions to solve Cobb County’s civic, educational, health, human service, and cultural challenges.
Philanthropy in “The Age of the Unthinkable”
In his new book about previously “unthinkable” conditions that have now become global realities, author Joshua Cooper Ramo identifies two critical factors which will determine survival or defeat for businesses, organizations, and individuals during these challenging times: creativity and innovation. Today it seems that tectonic shifts are happening at every level of society. In the world of non-profit organizations, there is a renewed emphasis on the ability to build on core strengths while creating new business models and innovative partnerships.
Here at The Cobb Community Foundation (CCF), we are focused on continuing to implement those exact strategies. Our greatest strength is that we were established and are overseen by a local board and staff of Cobb business and community leaders. This leadership gives our Foundation vast knowledge of all aspects of Cobb County. With this knowledge, in 2008 we increased our number of Funds by more than 33 1/3 %, and distributed grants from all of the CCF Funds totaling almost $ 1 million dollars.
In 2008 we initiated a new “Partners in Philanthropy” program to build awareness and education about CCF in the corporate community and to assist businesses and corporations with their charitable giving. Last fall, we also created a Professional Advisor Leadership Council to facilitate partnerships with Cobb’s estate planning attorneys, investment and insurance advisors, and CPAs. This gives CCF a much wider knowledge base in our community. Our advisors learn more about the CCF and offer help in many areas. Last but not least in 2008, we went live with our new interactive CCF website. The new website features an array of planning tools and resources.
It is interesting to note that in 2008, giving totals from all community foundations rose 6.7% to $4.6 billion dollars, surpassing corporate foundations for the first time ever! CCF is proud to be one of the 13 individual community foundations in Georgia. As federal and state funding is drastically reduced, community foundations and our donors are committed to working For Good. Forever.