We publish CONNECT, our print newsletter, twice a year. Content includes highlights of new and trends, plus reports on everything from the latest grants and initiatives to charitable techniques to assist professional advisors.

Initiatives, partnerships, people and year-end figures reflect our work to transform the place we call home.

We publish Community Foundation Solutions, our e-newsletter for professional advisors, eight times a year.  Content includes new trends in charitable giving, success stories from local advisors and their clients and quick links to in-depth information on our website

We publish E-CONNECT as an electronic supplement to our regular CONNECT print newsletter, offering subscribers a quick update on special opportunities and events.  Sign up now to make sure you stay in the know.

The annual meeting of the Community Foundation is set for 5 p.m. Thursday, April 3, 2008 at B&A Warehouse, across from the soon-to-be developed Railroad Park. Find out how your Community Foundation played a leadership role in launching three park projects in 2007.

Nonprofit organizations in our five-county area can learn more about our competitive grant process and priorities. Sessions are held in the early winter and late summer leading up to March and September grant application deadlines each year.

We invite our donor advisors and other funders to learn more about specific topics of interest through site visits and panel discussions, which we call Staying Connected.

We sponsor the annual Outstanding Professional Advisors Award as part of National Philanthropy Day, presented locally each November by the Alabama Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals.