2025 CFWC Annual Report - Flipbook - Page 3
Letter From the President
& Board Chairman
Since 1997, the Community Foundation of Washington
Of course, the goal of CFWC isn’t to report
County has been bringing together donors with the
big dollar amounts; the goal is to use those
causes that mean the most to them in Washington
dollars to provide real and critical assistance
County and organizations together with funding to
to our community. The Foundation’s staff and
meet the most immediate needs of our community...
Trustees are confident the Foundation has met that
we truly are Better Together.
goal! While it’s impossible to quantify and report the
benefits of each grant and scholarship made last year,
As you read this annual report, we want you to know
you’ll find in this Annual Report a few samples of
that you have played a role in making this year and
the positive impact of last year’s record setting
our history so tremendous. Maybe you donated to a
distribution of grants and scholarships.
Fund at the Foundation; maybe you are an Advisor to a
Fundholder; maybe you represent a local nonprofit that
During the last year, the Foundation has undertaken
does the good work that the Community Foundation
a great deal of work aimed at highlighting the power
supports; or maybe you volunteer your time as a
of collaboration. From our Responsive Grants process;
member of one of the Foundation’s committees or
our new resources for nonprofits; our streamlining for
review scholarship or grant applications. Whatever your
students applying for scholarships; and our nonprofit
involvement was, thank you for helping your Community
exploration tours, CFWC is proud to be a collaborator
Foundation help our community!
and convener in our community, working together for
the betterment of Washington County.
The Community Foundation of Washington County, at
its core, is a financial institution. We manage money – the
We invite you to explore our work in the pages that follow
receipt of donations; the investment and management
and encourage you to look for the power of collaboration.
of assets; and the distribution of grants and scholarships
Thank you for all you do to support the important work
to nonprofits. During the Foundation’s last fiscal year,
of your Community Foundation. Better together for the
CFWC received donations of $3,889,125. We ended this
future of Washington County!
fiscal year with $74,715,908 in assets. And during the
year, the Foundation distributed $3,867,392 in grants to
nonprofits and scholarships to local students.
Stacey Crawford
Joan F. Bowers
Community Foundation of Washington County
Antietam Wealth Mgmt – Raymond James
President/CEO
Chairman
