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Watertown Area Community Foundation
The Watertown Area Community Foundation, established in 1979, promotes philanthropy, receives and administers charitable gifts and invests in programs that improve the quality of life in Watertown by promoting charity, education and culture in the community.
The Watertown Area Community Foundation encourages philanthropy at all levels, provides donor services and responds to the ever-changing needs and opportunities in the community.
Web Address
www.watertowncommunityfoundation.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @wtnsdfoundation
Facebook - www.facebook.com/WACF365/
YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrZaENrLNbOlI1ggSqVK3yQ/featured
The Watertown Area Community Foundation encourages philanthropy at all levels, provides donor services and responds to the ever-changing needs and opportunities in the community.
Web Address
www.watertowncommunityfoundation.org
Social Media Links
Twitter - @wtnsdfoundation
Facebook - www.facebook.com/WACF365/
YouTube - www.youtube.com/channel/UCrZaENrLNbOlI1ggSqVK3yQ/featured
Assets and Giving for Watertown Area Community Foundation
Assets
2019 - 23,707,895
2018 - 19,901,073
2017 - 18,893,535
2019 - 23,707,895
2018 - 19,901,073
2017 - 18,893,535
Domestic Grants
2019 - 1,266,572
2018 - 639,482
2019 - 1,266,572
2018 - 639,482
Recent News from Watertown Area Community Foundation
Library to lend bicycles, helmets to visitors
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
Thanks to grants from the Watertown Area Community Foundation, the bike-lending program will allow patrons to check out bikes and helmets for...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
Thanks to grants from the Watertown Area Community Foundation, the bike-lending program will allow patrons to check out bikes and helmets for...more
Scholarships honor the past and the future
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
This simple statement was made by Velma Vincent (deceased) as the Watertown Area Community Foundation's first donor to set up a scholarship...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
This simple statement was made by Velma Vincent (deceased) as the Watertown Area Community Foundation's first donor to set up a scholarship...more
WACF Trivia Quiz
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WACF Trivia Quiz. As we reminisce about grants awarded by the Watertown Area Community Foundation which have focused on history,...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
WACF Trivia Quiz. As we reminisce about grants awarded by the Watertown Area Community Foundation which have focused on history,...more
Community Foundation helps those who help others
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
Community Foundation helps those who help others ... and an honor for the Watertown Area Community Foundation to partner with these groups...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
Community Foundation helps those who help others ... and an honor for the Watertown Area Community Foundation to partner with these groups...more
Truly a gift that keeps on giving
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation, Watertown Community Foundation
Since its beginnings 40 years ago, the Watertown Community Foundation has been blessed with many gifts, and Executive Director Jan DeBerg...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation, Watertown Community Foundation
Since its beginnings 40 years ago, the Watertown Community Foundation has been blessed with many gifts, and Executive Director Jan DeBerg...more
40 years of backing our youth
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
Literally hundreds of thousands of dollars have been awarded by the Watertown Area Community Foundation in grants for youth. The Boys &...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
Literally hundreds of thousands of dollars have been awarded by the Watertown Area Community Foundation in grants for youth. The Boys &...more
Looking for nominations for outstanding volunteers
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
This month, however, the Watertown Area Community Foundation joins the Watertown Volunteer Center in celebrating some unsung heroes...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
This month, however, the Watertown Area Community Foundation joins the Watertown Volunteer Center in celebrating some unsung heroes...more
Foundation needs both restricted and unrestricted gifts
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
At the Watertown Area Community Foundation, unrestricted gifts are used to meet the community's ever-changing and most pressing...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
At the Watertown Area Community Foundation, unrestricted gifts are used to meet the community's ever-changing and most pressing...more
Board service a family tradition
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
When Laurie Benson joined the Watertown Area Community Foundation Board in 2006, she was following in the footsteps of her late father,...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
When Laurie Benson joined the Watertown Area Community Foundation Board in 2006, she was following in the footsteps of her late father,...more
Keeping reading alive for Watertown's children
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
When the Sharps established a fund at the Watertown Area Community Foundation, they did so with reading as one of their focuses. The...more
Foundation: Watertown Area Community Foundation
When the Sharps established a fund at the Watertown Area Community Foundation, they did so with reading as one of their focuses. The...more
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