Do the dollars make sense?

The spring break homework for Mrs. Inzer's first grade class at Prairie Star Elementary School was to collect 30 pennies, 10 nickels, 10 dimes, and four quarters. Naturally with an entire week to pull it together, Ann and I waited until this afternoon to dig around in piggy banks and seat cushions. "Why do you think Mrs. Inzer asked you to do this for your homework?" I inquired of Ann (who spent most of her spring break playing radio weather man with a very LOUD amplifying mike). "Well," she said, "you have to know how to count money so you can pay your bills faster." Close enough.

My colleagues and I have fielded some excellent questions lately about the Community Foundation's facts and figures. With over 2,000 funds, ranging in size from a few thousand dollars to several millions of dollars, the Community Foundation's donors granted nearly $200 million toward community causes last year alone. That's a chunk of change! Click here to read some of the most burning questions--and the answers. Maybe the same questions have been jingling around in your mind, too!