Grantee Toolkit
Communicating About Your Grant
The Community Foundation of Frederick County is thrilled to partner with you to support your work in improving our community. This page offers resources to leverage the news that you have received a grant from the Community Foundation.
The Community Foundation would also like to share how our grant has helped your organization do more good in our community. Please let us know if you have pictures and/or videos from your programs or events we can use to share how our partnership enriches the Frederick County community.
Send Us Your Grant Photos
Help us shine a light on your impact by emailing us your stories and images. We love featuring stories from our grantees in our newsletter, website, social media channels, and annual report.
No great photos on hand? Check in with us. We may be able to visit and capture images at grant-related programs or events.
Photo Submission Guidelines
- Send photos as .JPG or .PNG files, attached to the email (not embedded in Word, PDF, or the email body please).
- Photos too large to email? We can provide a Dropbox link for uploads – just let us know!
For each photo you send us, please include the following information:
- Name of your organization
- Which grant the photo connects to
- Who is pictured (staff, volunteers, clients, etc.)
- Confirmation that you have photo permission for everyone shown
- Where the photo was taken
- What the photo represents (event, program, activity, etc.)
Please be sure that all photos that you send are of the impact from the grants that you received from us.
Press Release Information and Tips
Press Release Information:
The Community Foundation does not need to review your press release before you distribute it, but we are happy to review your press release and/or help you craft one if you feel that assistance would be useful. Please see the boiler plate language below that you can plug into your press release to describe the Community Foundation. Here is a sample press release.
Community Foundation Boiler Plate Language:
For nearly four decades, The Community Foundation of Frederick County has helped translate simple good intentions into powerful acts of philanthropy that build a stronger, more vibrant community not only for today but for the future. The Community Foundation is dedicated to connecting people who care with causes that matter to enrich the quality of life in Frederick County now and for future generations.
We are here to help! Connect with us via email (marketing@FrederickCountyGives.org) or phone (301-695-7660).
Guidelines for Acknowledging The Community Foundation of Frederick County
We appreciate it when our grantees acknowledge support from the Community Foundation of Frederick County on materials related to your grant. When mentioning your grant in communications, please consider the following guidance:
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When you receive a grant directly from the Community Foundation or an anonymous donor fund, please use this language: “Support provided by a grant from The Community Foundation of Frederick County.”
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When you receive a grant from a component fund at the Community Foundation, please use this language: “Support provided by a grant from [insert name of fund], a component fund of The Community Foundation of Frederick County.” Please note that most of our component funds begin with “The” and end with “Fund”, i.e.: The Calvin M. Murray Charitable Fund or The Performing Arts Field of Interest Fund.
Community Foundation Logos
Please feel free to download various versions of our logo to post on your website, social media, or other marketing materials related to your grant. We ask that you do not alter these in any way, including, but not limited to: color adjustment, cropping, or skewing.
Questions about how to use our logos? Looking for a different logo? Please let us know!
Share Your Grant on Social Media
If you post about your grant and/or any grant funded programs or events, please tag us on these channels. We will like and/or share most grant-related posts. See below for some sample social media post language.
We have some amazing news! [Your nonprofit’s name and/or program name] has received a grant from @CommunityFoundationFredCo to [explain what your grant will be used for]. Read more: [Insert link to your press release for more info]
We are thrilled to share that [your nonprofit’s name and/or program name] just received a grant from @the-community-foundation-of-frederick-county! With support from this grant, we can (insert information about what the grant will be helping support). Learn more here: [Insert link to your press release for more info]
We are proud to share that [your organization’s name and/or program name] was awarded a grant from @commfndfredco!
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