Bill Text: IN SR0098 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Urging the Governor to proclaim a day honoring community foundations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-03-09 - First reading: adopted voice vote [SR0098 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SR0098-Introduced.html
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Governor to proclaim
a day honoring community foundations.
, read first time and referred to Committee on
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
A SENATE RESOLUTION urging the Governor to
proclaim a day honoring community foundations.
Whereas, Throughout the years, community foundations
have been instrumental in connecting donors to the causes they
care most about;
Whereas, Community foundations help individuals,
families, businesses, and nonprofit organizations achieve their
charitable goals by offering tools and resources that make
giving easy and effective;
Whereas, Community foundations are local organizations
run and led by local people who have an in-depth knowledge of
the issues, opportunities, and resources that affect their
community, enabling them to help solve community problems
while helping donors learn more about local needs to make
their giving as effective as possible;
Whereas, Community foundations have much lower administrative costs than other charities, and fund their programs with the earnings from their assets, leaving the underlying assets free to generate future income for future
programs;
Whereas, There are more than 650 community foundations
throughout the United States working to help the people and
organizations that need it most;
Whereas, Community foundations are created by and for
the people of a community, working together to help those in
need: Therefore,
SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the Governor to proclaim Community Foundations Day in honor of all community foundations throughout the state.
SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this Resolution to Governor Mitch Daniels.