The Freeport Community Foundation is particularly interested in funding initiatives that are collaborative, inclusive, and responsive to current and emerging needs of the community. Programs and/or activities should:
Present innovative, creative and practical approaches in dealing with community needs
Strengthen the capacity of the community to solve problems or seize opportunities in the future
Encourage partnerships and collaborative efforts to reduce duplication of services
Demonstrate vision, action, effectiveness, good management and quality
Fall into philanthropic fields of interests that include, though are not limited to, initiatives that will:
Address current and emerging needs
Foster civil and community betterment
Meet human and health service needs
Provide reform and innovation in the schools and new approaches to learning