DECEMBER 2011 Keeping Family Traditions Alive
farther people commute from their homes to their jobs, the less connected they are to their communities. Here, many peo- ple commute into DC. People in bedroom communities fre- quently don’t feel that they are part of the local community. Economic woes can affect
the foundation’s finances, but Owen stressed that they have specific policies to protect their investments. “If a fund goes be- low the gift value, it is frozen until it regains value. In 2009,
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we had to freeze some funds. We don’t want to erode the val- ue of the gift.” Owen reports that in 2009,
giving was down 20 percent, and there was less giving this year. “But the top, consistent donors continue to dig down in their pockets to move dollars into the community.” For information about sup-
porting the EWVCF and for in- formation about grants avail- able, visit
www.ewvcf.org
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Go to
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