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The Floyd County Community Foundation has two grants available and is offering $1,000 grants to first two new charitable agency endowment funds established with the foundation in 2012.
The money is available through the foundation's 2012 endowment fund incentive program. The organization must receive a minimum deposit of $9,000 to start a fund and the new fund must also be an agency endowment fund established by a nonprofit organization serving Floyd County.
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