Community Foundation Impact

Categories: Giving Challenge,

Participating in the 2020 Giving Challenge has made a major difference with the awareness of Learn My History Foundation. We became aware of other organizations' great missions, yet seeing how unique we are as well. The matching funds from The Patterson Foundation made a huge difference and is so appreciated.
We were already a vulnerable organization prior to the 2020 Giving Challenge, yet by being such a powerful platform, the awareness we received drew positive attention to our mission, and hopefully one day we will receive the help with operations etc that we still need. 2020 was also a particularly challenging year for us, but did prove that many people can also look beyond the fact that organizations doing great things are run by people of color. Those have always suffered. We have yet to fully overcome that challenge, which also impacts our time to participate in and research funding opportunities etc, but we're grateful for the positive exposure for the Mentoring efforts we're doing with all children. We love our mission, and will hopefully strengthen
Participating in the 2020 Giving Challenge has made a major difference with the awareness of Learn My History Foundation. We became aware of other organizations' great missions, yet seeing how unique we are as well. The matching funds from The Patterson Foundation made a huge difference and is so appreciated.
We were already a vulnerable organization prior to the 2020 Giving Challenge, yet by being such a powerful platform, the awareness we received drew positive attention to our mission, and hopefully one day we will receive the help with operations etc that we still need. 2020 was also a particularly challenging year for us, but did prove that many people can also look beyond the fact that organizations doing great things are run by people of color. Those have always suffered. We have yet to fully overcome that challenge, which also impacts our time to participate in and research funding opportunities etc, but we're grateful for the positive exposure for the Mentoring efforts we're doing with all children. We love our mission, will hopefully strengthen and still welcome any advice. Sadly, unlike many other organizations, we had none of the following below, yet look forward to it in 2022's Challenge.
  • Engaging donors- None
  • Peer-to-Peer Fundraisers - None
  • Matches and/or Challenges specific to your nonprofit organization - None beside the great Patterson Foundation.
  • Specific donor and/or beneficiary stories -None
  • Social media -None
  • Staff, donors, volunteers - None
  • Online events - None
  • How your nonprofit organization used the 2020 Giving Challenge funds - We updated operational needs.

To learn more about Learn My History Foundation, visit http://www.learnmyhistory.org