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| (c) 2010, Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation |
| Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation |
Mission Statement:
We are a unique and innovative family foundation striving to help meet the needs of Grinnell and its
neighboring communities through ongoing support and resources by maintaining and perpetuating an
endowment. Our purpose is to provide improved and enhanced quality of life for present and future
generations with interest in the areas of parks & recreation, education, and health.
New memoir by Grinnell, IA author, Judith W.
Hunter, tells the colorful story of the late Claude W.
Ahrens, founder of the Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens
Foundation. “Grinnell’s Entrepreneurial and
Philanthropic Pioneer: A Biography of Claude W.
Ahrens” is a 165-page book edited by Julie
Gosselink and produced by the Claude W. and Dolly
Ahrens Foundation. The book unveiling and
author's presentation occurred on December 8th at
the new Drake Community Library in Grinnell.
This is the first published work of the Claude W. and
Dolly Ahrens Foundation. Copies of the memoir are
now for sale for $22.95 at the Claude W. and Dolly
Ahrens Foundation offices. Office hours open to the
public are Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. If you are not in the Grinnell area, please
contact us to have your book shipped to you today!
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| Author, Judy Hunter, at the book unveiling and presentation at the Drake Community Library, Grinnell, IA |
2010 Critical Impact Award Winner
The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation is the family foundation recipient
of the Council on Foundations 2010 Critical Impact Award. For more than 20
years, the Council on Foundation has honored leaders in the field of
philanthropy. The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation is being honored for
the Community Support Services program it operates in the Grinnell, IA area.
The Community Support Services program aims to build capacity and promote
collaboration among the local nonprofit community by optimizing back office
support operations and to create efficiencies through shared staff and
administrative functions. The program allows the organizations with which it
collaborates to focus on organizational goals rather than the details of
administration, strengthening work toward the missions of the nonprofits it
serves and allowing them to improve the quality of life for their communities
more efficiently.
“We are extremely honored to receive this award,” Gosselink says. “To be
recognized by the Council on Foundations and among our national peer
foundations is extraordinary.”
“Our community Support Services program was designed to positively impact
our nonprofit community on a local scale, but our story and unique business
model among the foundation and nonprofit sector has evolved onto the national
scene,” Gosselink continues. “We are attracting not only the attention of the
Council on Foundations but presently many other national organizations and
foundations as well which is pretty incredible.”
“Collaboration is an effective tool to increase the impact of one’s giving. Today
with the increasing partnerships between the public, private, and philanthropic
sectors, the Ahrens Foundation is setting a standard for promoting such
collaboration while also enhancing efficiency and impact,” said Steve
Gunderson, president and CEO of the Council on Foundations.
The Critical Impact Award was created in 2006 by Gunderson to honor
grantmakers who have supported innovative leadership, bold visions and
significant impact in advancing the common good through effective
grantmaking which can serve as a model for others in philanthropy.
The award was presented to the Ahrens Foundation during the Council’s
Family Philanthropy Conference in San Diego entitled “Sea Change: Redefining
Family Philanthropy,” held Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.
To read the entire article, please click here 2010 Critical Impact Award article
The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation is the family foundation recipient
of the Council on Foundations 2010 Critical Impact Award. For more than 20
years, the Council on Foundation has honored leaders in the field of
philanthropy. The Claude W. and Dolly Ahrens Foundation is being honored for
the Community Support Services program it operates in the Grinnell, IA area.
The Community Support Services program aims to build capacity and promote
collaboration among the local nonprofit community by optimizing back office
support operations and to create efficiencies through shared staff and
administrative functions. The program allows the organizations with which it
collaborates to focus on organizational goals rather than the details of
administration, strengthening work toward the missions of the nonprofits it
serves and allowing them to improve the quality of life for their communities
more efficiently.
“We are extremely honored to receive this award,” Gosselink says. “To be
recognized by the Council on Foundations and among our national peer
foundations is extraordinary.”
“Our community Support Services program was designed to positively impact
our nonprofit community on a local scale, but our story and unique business
model among the foundation and nonprofit sector has evolved onto the national
scene,” Gosselink continues. “We are attracting not only the attention of the
Council on Foundations but presently many other national organizations and
foundations as well which is pretty incredible.”
“Collaboration is an effective tool to increase the impact of one’s giving. Today
with the increasing partnerships between the public, private, and philanthropic
sectors, the Ahrens Foundation is setting a standard for promoting such
collaboration while also enhancing efficiency and impact,” said Steve
Gunderson, president and CEO of the Council on Foundations.
The Critical Impact Award was created in 2006 by Gunderson to honor
grantmakers who have supported innovative leadership, bold visions and
significant impact in advancing the common good through effective
grantmaking which can serve as a model for others in philanthropy.
The award was presented to the Ahrens Foundation during the Council’s
Family Philanthropy Conference in San Diego entitled “Sea Change: Redefining
Family Philanthropy,” held Jan. 31 to Feb. 2.
To read the entire article, please click here 2010 Critical Impact Award article
| Julie Gosselink, President & CEO, accepts the 2010 Critical Impact Award from the Council's Critical Impact Award Task Force Chair, Linetta Gilbert, in San Diego, CA on February 2nd, 2010. |