Our themes in 2023 were to invest, develop and preserve the work of nonprofits in our community. To those ends, we invested in an additional layer of free space through our Incubate+ program. We helped nonprofits develop programs and activities and we continue to build out our spaces so they work for the people who work here. Moving into 2024, we have an additional 5 infrastructure projects planned, including a front garden restoration and renovation. Things are moving at Federated Charities and we’re meeting the evolving work needs of community based organizations.
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You might have walked past our building recently and noticed something new (other than the dog missing…again). Federated Charities has partnered with The Housing Authority of the City of Frederick to install one in a series of meditation murals. Envisioned by the artist Karen Pollard and brought to mural form by local artists Anthony Owens and Jack Pabis, the mural on our building is one of three planned for installation in our community.
The new public art demands and invites communication and the engagement of others.
Thank you to our sponsors…
The Delaplaine Foundation, Inc.
The Ausherman Family Foundation
Southway Charitable Trust
Jason & April Lee
The Miner & Feinstein Families
Plans Interrupted!
Someone tried to take away a piece of us. After more than 20 years without incident and less than 6 months after completing a major restoration project on our iconic statue, Charity was vandalized this week and torn from his pedestal in the early morning hours. The good news is that the police caught the vandal. The bad news is that we face another period of time with an empty front porch. We will be working with the original restoration company to evaluate the extent of the damage and bring him back home again.
New Year…New Resolve. We have #plans!
Today it smells like carpet glue…and while that’s not pleasant in the short term, we’re really excited about how awesome our first floor will look when it’s finished. It’s said that “the door handle is the handshake of the building,” and one of our resolutions every year is to improve the visible experience of our building for tenants, visitors and guests. Thanks to a generous grant from The Delaplaine Foundation, we are able to replace our first floor, common space carpeting and the installation is happening this week
We thought it would be fun to take a look at our 2022 plans compared to Charity’s 2022 plans and our most recent newsletter shows you what that looks like. Check it out here!
If you haven’t stopped by to visit us recently, we’ve put up a new exterior mural and have a couple of new nonprofit partners in the building. Our building is open to the public 9-4, Monday-Friday and you can set up a tour by sending an email to info@federatedcharities.org. Come see what our nonprofit center is all about!