YARMOUTH PORT – The Cape Cod Foundation has announced that its total grant and scholarship distributions for 2016 exceeded $2.9 million, bringing its total distributions since inception to nearly $60 million.
The $2.9 million figure for 2016 includes over $780,000 in scholarship support to local students from Cape Cod or the Islands in partnership with the Foundation’s supporting organization, the Cape Cod Association.
Distributions also include investment in local nonprofits that support all aspects of Cape Cod life, including health and human services, education, arts and culture and the environment.
As part of its annual grant making, The Cape Cod Foundation has also announced five Strategic Focus grants totaling $48,500 that were awarded in December.
The 2016 Strategic Focus grantees include the Duffy Health Center, the Lower Cape Outreach Council, the Community Health Center of Cape Cod and the Association to Preserve Cape Cod.
For more information, go to capecodfoundation.org.
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