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Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Ranked In Top 100 Two Years in a Row for Most Gifts Per Capita
June 14, 2011
A report released in June by the Council on Foundations ranked the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore (CFES) in the top 100 of the 700 community foundations in the nation for receiving the most gifts per capita for fiscal year 2010. The CFES was honored with this recognition on the same list last year.
The June 2011 national report titled“Benchmarking Beyond Asset Size: Top 100 List” ranked the CFES 86th for per capita gifts among the 700-plus community foundations in the United States.
Gifts per capita were calculated by dividing the foundation’s total gifts by the population of each foundation’s service area, which is 176,000 for CFES. The report showed that the per capita gift to the Foundation in FY 2010 was $20.71 per person or a total of $3.6 million over the course of a year.
"The generous charitable giving is an amazing reflection on the people of the Lower Shore,” states Spicer Bell, President, CFES. “The generosity of our donors allows us to provide financial support for over 150 nonprofit organizations each year.”
