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CACF's offices are located in Cadillac's Old City Hall Building

You may be familiar with the Cadillac Area Community Foundation, but you may not know all that it does. The philanthropic impact of the Community Foundation is evident throughout Cadillac's neighborhoods, health and social service agencies, cultural organizations, educational institutions, youth organization, economic development projects, and other community groups. Working through local nonprofit organizations, the Cadillac Area Community Foundation has been making our community a better place to live since 1988.

No one person has the resources to provide solutions to all the challenges faced by a community this diverse. However, by combining the financial and human resources of many individuals, we can make a significant difference. Working together by pooling resources is the basic idea of a Community Foundation.

Founded in 1988, the Cadillac Area Community Foundation is Cadillac's permanent philanthropic endowment. A nonprofit, tax-exempt, public charity, the Community Foundation receives gifts from individuals, families, businesses, foundations and other organizations eager to make a difference in the future of our local community. These funds comprise the Community Foundation's assets, most of which are part of the Community Foundation's permanent endowment (pools of funds invested for the future of the community) and are used to support local, nonprofit organizations through grants and technical assistance.

Cadillac Area Community Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of the Clam River Greenway.

The Cadillac Area Community Foundation's purpose is to promote philanthropy and provide stewardship and leadership to enhance the use of community resources to meet the needs of our citizens. The Cadillac Area Community Foundation accomplishes this purpose by:

• Encouraging philanthropy and charitable giving.
• Providing grant making expertise and philanthropic services to donors, with diverse interests, at all levels of giving.
• Protecting and managing the assets of philanthropic funds established by donors.
• Supporting local nonprofit organizations through grants and technical assistance.
• Serving as a resources and catalyst for philanthropic activities and bringing together different forces in the community to develop new ways to use the community's capacities and assets.
• Developing permanent endowments and resources for today's and tomorrow's generations to meet the challenges of the times.

Our Mission Statement

The primary mission of the Cadillac Area Community Foundation is to develop a community-wide vehicle for permanent endowments to enhance the quality of life in the area and to establish and manage worthwhile endowed funds for the benefit of our community.