2020 ACCF
SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER
We are working remotely at this time.
Please contact us via email or leave a message at 269.673.8344.
Watching the impact of the pandemic on our non-profit sector has been heart wrenching. Hundreds of thousands of dollars of lost revenue from cancelled fundraisers and diminishing donations is making it difficult to continue providing the services we all know are critical. At the Foundation, we knew we needed to explore the role we could play to keep the non-profits positioned to fulfill their missions. A PIVOT Committee was formed. We explored ideas from the philanthropic sector, weighed each one against sound financial practices, good stewardship, and the obligation to continued growth for the future of the Foundation. I am pleased to share our PIVOT Plan.
In order to provide additional support to the non-profit sector, gifts to the Legacy Fund will be divided 50/50: half to the 2021 Legacy Grants (NOW) --- half to the Legacy Endowment Fund (For EVER).
With a goal of $100,000, we (YOU and the ACCF) can make a significant impact now and for ever. The organizations you have always entrusted us to support are in need. The need for their services still drives their work but they must also learn to navigate through this time of unprecedented crisis.
It is more important than ever that we come together, as partners, to see the non-profits in our community through this pandemic. Please make your donation today.
Text NOW&FOREVER to 44-321
Donate on-line at alleganfoundation.org
Mail a donation made out to:
ACCF, 112 Locust St., Allegan MI 49010
(in the memo line please note Now & Forever)  
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2020 ACCF Legacy & TAG Grants

The 2021 TAG Team grant deadline has been merged with the Legacy deadline. We are modifying the grant application to take into account dual applications so you only need to complete ONE grant application.

In order to get grant funds out earlier to grant recipients, we are going to review them sooner. To do so requires that we move the deadline up.


The new Combined TAG & Legacy Grant Deadline for 2021 Grants is December 4th by 5:00 P.M.

A grant applicant ZOOM meeting will take place on September 16th at noon, for more details on this please click here
A new fund has been set up at the ACCF.

The Pride Celebration Garden is a gift from Carl Jennings and Lawrence W. Gammons. The Garden is dedicated to Carl Jennings, Lawrence Gammons, and the Douglas Dunes Resort, which they created in 1981.

The Pride Celebration Garden is a gift to the community. Donations are needed to maintain the Garden in perpetuity - make a donation here.

In addition to your gift, you may also purchase a memorial plaque in honor of a LGBTQ loved one. Memorialize their presence and contributions to the Saugatuck-Douglas communities while providing for the long-term upkeep of the Garden.

IMPACTING COMMUNITY
INSPIRING PHILANTHROPY
STRENGTHENING NON-PROFITS
$267,079
awarded in grants to non-profits serving Allegan County in 2020.
$354,700
awarded in scholarships to Allegan County students in 2020.
The deadline to respond to the
2020 Census has been changed by the Federal government
The new deadline is
September 30, 2020!
You can respond online, by phone or by mail by September 30th!
At this time, the ACCF staff is not in the office.
However, we are returning phone calls and emails.

Visit us at: 112 Locust Street, downtown Allegan
Mailing address: PO Box 278, Allegan, MI 49010

269.673.8344