Angels Camp, CA…The Calaveras Community Foundation (a 501(c)(3) non-profit) has created the Disaster Relief Fund to provide disaster assistance in Calaveras County. The Foundation will be focusing on post-event recovery and is currently assessing how best to use its financial resources.

Donations may be sent to the Foundation at PO Box 1436, Angels Camp, 95222, or by using the PayPal button on its website: www.calaverascommunityfoundation.org. Please indicate “DRF” on your checks or in the PayPal comment box. For further information, call the Foundation Office at 209/736-1845.

About CCF

In 1999, two long time West Point (Calaveras County) residents Genna Hurst and Beth Childs decided to explore the creation of a community foundation for Calaveras County. Genna and Beth received positive responses from local private and public sector community members. An informal committee of local residents was created to help guide the creation of a community foundation, and the staff of the Sonora Area Foundation provided facilitation experience. On January 13, 2000, bylaws were adopted and the Calaveras Community Foundation was formed. Articles of Incorporation were filed and in April 2000 the first Board of Directors meeting was held. The organization has been in continuous operation since then.

In April 2001, the Calaveras Community Foundation was officially recognized as a public benefit, non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. In 2005 the IRS confirmed the Foundation’s status as a 501(c)(3) public charity with tax ID # 68-0472056. The Foundation is guided by an all-volunteer community-spirited Board of Directors that can vary between eleven and fifteen members. The Foundation maintains an office at 1211 S. Main Street (Hwy. 49) in Angels Camp.

The Foundation’s Mission Statement

The Calaveras Community Foundation is dedicated to improving Calaveras communities by providing grants to partner organizations, assisting donors, and providing leadership in addressing charitable causes.

Now in it’s fifteenth year, the Foundation looks firmly toward the future. The organization is still small but has become the largest, general purpose charitable organization in Calaveras County. Since the Foundation’s inception in 2001, over $1,000,000 has been distributed to worthy causes, through competitive grants, scholarships and assistance. The Board is constantly looking for ways to increase its assets, and to search out the best ways to use its resources to help the residents of Calaveras County.