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UNION CITY COMMUNITY
FOUNDATION
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Union City
Community Foundation 2009 Grants
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These gifts are possible because LaRue Ottaway and
David & Autumn Hoffman created substantial
endowments to be used exclusively for charitable
purposes in the Union City community. Since 2001 the
Hoffman Fund has distributed over $699,568.50 to local
charities. This fund, until recently, was a
geographically restricted (Union City) fund of the
Erie Community Foundation. When the Union City
Community Foundation became an affiliate of the Erie
Community Foundation, the Erie group gifted the fund
to the Union City Foundation. The Ottaway Fund has
awarded grants totaling $231,854.40 since 2006.
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Grantee |
Program
Name |
Amount |
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Union City Prom to Dawn |
2009 Prom to Dawn |
$1,000.00
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Arts Erie |
Community Arts Project |
$5,000.00
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Union
City Pride, Inc. |
Community History Display |
$5,000.00 |
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Union
City Ambulance Service |
Rescue Equipment Purchase |
$3,000.00
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Union City Pride, Inc. |
Neighborhood Initiative Program to
Purchase Blighted Buildings |
$10,000.00 |
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Safe
Horizons |
Dishwasher |
$800.00 |
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Union City Volunteer Fire
Dept. |
Personal Protective
Equipment |
$2,000.00 |
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Union City Family Support
Center |
Project Growing Up
Building Renovations |
$21,000.00 |
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St. Vincent Health Center |
Digital Radiology Equipment
(disbursement,
previously awarded) |
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Safe Horizons
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Violence Protection Program Needs |
$9,147.00
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Corry Community
Develop. Corp.
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Union City Alumni Homecoming Parade |
$1,000.00
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Union City Public
Library
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Transportation of School Children to
Library |
$1,530.00
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Safe Horizons |
Violence Protection Program
Supplies |
$2,500.00 |
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Also in 2009,
a total of $6,000 in scholarships from the Larue Ottaway
Fund was awarded to 7 UC graduates that will be continuing
their education in the health care field and a total of
$8,000 from the Jasper Drake fund in scholarships to 16
graduates.
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Pension Law
EXTENDED - Has Charitable
Provision
Thanks to decades of deliberate savings, many of today's
retirees have significant investments in their IRAs. It
is now easier than ever to share some of that wealth
with your favorite charity.
Congress recently extended a
2006 federal law was enacted allowing
certain IRA owners to contribute a portion of their
retirement savings directly to charity without first
declaring the withdrawal as income. This is good news
because sheltered retirement funds are often the most
highly taxed asset in an estate. The pension protection
act helps donors who want to gift a
portion of their retirement funds to their favorite charity.
Holders of traditional and Roth IRAs who are at
least 70 years old can make direct charitable transfers
up to $100,000 in 2008 and again in 2009. This law makes it
easier for certain donors to transform their charitable
intent into action now, rather than wait for a bequest
or estate gift.
As with any complex gift, donors are encouraged to
contact their personal professional advisors.
Click here for more
information on how to donate to the Union City Community
Foundation.
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Union City
Community Foundation 2008 Grants |
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Grantee |
Program
Name |
Amount |
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Corry YMCA |
Union City
Silver Sneakers |
$4,187.00 |
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Union
City Pride, Inc. |
Historical
Tour Brochure |
$800.00 |
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Union
City Pride, Inc. |
Gazebo |
$5,000.00 |
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Union
City Public Library |
Computer
Equipment (Gates Foundation matching
funds) |
$6,500.00 |
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Corry
Community Development Corp. |
Union City
Alumni Homecoming Parade |
$1,750.00 |
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Safe
Horizons |
Violence
Prevention Material |
$4,200.00 |
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Corry
YMCA |
Union City
Silver Sneakers |
$313.00 |
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Early
Connections, Inc. |
Building
Acquisition |
$75,000.00 |
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Emergycare |
EMS
Equipment |
$8,408.40 |
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Grand
Total |
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$106,158.40 |
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“This
is the most gratifying part of my job, when we are
able to connect donors to causes they care about and
the results are tangible community improvements,”
said Mark Webb, chairman of the Union City Community
Foundation.
The
Union City Community Foundation (UCCF) holds assets
in endowment of more than $2.5 million and is
affiliated with The Erie Community Foundation. As a
public charity, the UCCF makes grants to deserving
Union City area charities from the interest income
resulting from investment of these assets.
Oversight of the UCCF is the responsibility of a 16
member board of trustees.
Any
nonprofit organization with a charitable mission in
the Union City area is eligible to apply for grants
from these funds (See
Grants
tab at top of page). If you are interested in
becoming a donor to the Union City Community
Foundation, there are many ways you can do so. Click
here
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