Entries for the 'Honors' Category

The highlight of the annual meeting was the presentation of the “George B. Weaver Jr. Footprints Award” to Doug and Ann Manly of Fredonia.   

The award was presented to two groups of individuals that were instrumental in the establishment of the NCCF: the founding members and the first elected board of directors. They were selected because they had the passion to imagine what could be and the perseverance and intellect to make it happen.

The Northern Chautauqua Community Foundation (NCCF) is being recognized for having organizational and financial practices that are in accordance with the National Standards for U. S. community Foundations.  The Council on Foundations and leaders of the community foundation field created the National Standards in 2000 to aid community foundations in establishing legal, ethical and effective operational practices that would show the foundations’ transparency and financial responsibility in light of the increased public scrutiny of foundation and other not-for-profit practices.