The Guilford Foundation Awards Merit Scholarships to 9 Seniors

The Guilford Foundation hosted its Annual Dinner & Awards Ceremony on Thursday, May 30th, under clear, warm skies at the Guilford Yacht Club. At the dinner, we awarded scholarships to nine Guilford High School graduating seniors to help offset the costs of their college education. The records of…

Community Conversation on Affordable Housing

A community meeting was held on Thursday, September 12th at the Greene Community Center in Guilford on the subject of affordable housing. The purpose of the meeting was be to explore strategies and opportunities for bringing more affordable housing to shoreline communities to meet the diverse needs of different…

Building our Operations

Building community foundations takes time, and it takes support from many areas. But the long term impacts are tremendous: we are a permanent and growing source of income to invest in the Guilford Community; a permanent vehicle for local philanthropy; and an independent community leader. We are so…

2012 Service Organization of the Year

The Guilford Foundation’s award for 2012 Service Organization of the Year The Guilford Foundation was surprised and pleased to be recognized by the Guilford Chamber of Commerce as the 2012 Service Organization of the Year. We were thrilled to be awarded alongside such other worthy honorees, and we accepted the…

April 2013 Grant Awards

The Guilford Foundation Approves $9,850 to 7 Local Organizations At its March Board meeting, the Guilford Foundation Board of Directors approved $9,850 of funding to 7 local organizations, bringing the total amount granted so far this year to $18,075. “The Board was once again pleased to support a…

Youth Philanthropy at Work: 2013 YAG Grant Awards

Members of YAG at a Guilford High School fund raising event. The Guilford High School Interact Club Youth Advisory Group (YAG), an initiative of the Guilford Foundation to promote youth philanthropy, recently awarded four grants totaling $10,000 to 5 local organizations: YAG is an initiative of the Guilford…

After School Art Classes

The Guilford Fund for Education and the Guilford Foundation awarded a grant of $2,450 in March 2013 to Guilford Art Center and Guilford Before and After School Care for a joint project to provide art instruction to After School Care students onsite at A.W. Cox, Calvin Leete, and…

Women & Family Life Center Agency Endowment

Representatives from W&FL and TGF sign agreement for new agency endowment. Part of The Guilford Foundation’s mission is to ensure that the quality of life in Guilford remains strong and vibrant, which means supporting those organizations that make a difference in the everyday lives of our citizens. To…

TGF in the News

We’ve been delighted to have some of our recent initiatives and work highlighted in local and regional news media. Here is a listing of some of the recent articles: A Lesson in Charity for Guilford Youth – 6/4/13 Article in The Day Walk through History with Kaitlin Worden – 5/28/13…

Spotlight on Guilford – Guilford Foundation

Spotlight on Guilford – Guilford Foundation from GCTV on Vimeo.