TRI STATE EVENT GROUP
Description: A non-profit organization that supports agencies that provide direct services to the residents of the Great Neck Peninsula.
clasp (87) great neck (62) senior center (52) ucf (50) copay (6) sara's center (1)
Great Neck Community Fund General Fund ABOUT GNCF
Back in 1954, the Great Neck Community Fund, got off the ground with $1000 in hand, $3000 in loans, and a small army of volunteers who made approximately 12,000 house to house calls in that first year raising $100,000. Based on that standard and factoring in the consumer price index, between then and now, the fund should raise $600,000. But the yearly contributions have stubbornly hovered between $300,000 and $400,000 in spite of concentrated efforts on the part of dedicated volunteers to boost the numbers.
In a 1999 summary of a national survey conducted by the Independent Sector, a coalition of not-for-profits, charitable trusts and foundations, that provides analyses and technical assistance for philanthropies, it was reported that 70 percent of American households make charitable contributions at an average rate of 2 percent of their income. Religious organizations received the largest share of total contributions, 60 percent, and the largest average contribution, $1,002. Human services was the next larges
TRI STATE EVENT GROUP