Derby Community Endowment

Each year our fund held by the Valley Community Foundation receives a check for $1000+ that goes to Derby City Hall. We then use that check to help schools and support the community, in particular the Hall of Fame plaza. This year we're supporting some special education purchases at Bradley school, and we'll again have 2 $100 awards to graduating seniors who are service oriented.

Our endowment fund as of Friday, November 8th, has $29,421.16.

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Article from CNBC about Joan Payden who helped finance the new field house and park: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/08/how-joan-payden-became-one-of-americas-richest-self-made-women.html

Each year we continue to support school projects, two senior service awards, and the hall of fame bricks!

92-year-old just became one of America's richest self-made women—she's worth $700 million Joan Payden, the 92-year-old CEO of money management firm Payden & Rygel, took a decades-long path to success. Now she's one of America's richest self-made women.

Hello friends of the Derby Community Endowment! We've recently helped support a dry-erase table at Irving school, and will be awarding two "service awards" to two graduating seniors. Here are the Irving project details: https://www.donorschoose.org/project/the-write-fit/5310860/

Also, I can't help but share articles I find of cool long-term thinking. This one is about a science experiment that's 142 years old. https://www.npr.org/2021/04/21/989333092/the-secret-mission-to-unearth-part-of-a-142-year-old-experiment?

The Secret Mission To Unearth Part Of A 142-Year-Old Experiment Scientists in Michigan went out in the dead of night to dig up part of an unusual long-term experiment. It's a research study that started in 1879 and is handed from one generation to the next.

We are participating in The Great Give! Donations accepted here (through May 2nd at 8 pm):

Support Derby Community Endowment in #TheGreatGive! I’m ready to support Derby Community Endowment on May 1, 2019 during The Great Give. Learn more about Derby Community Endowment and all the other organizations participating in .

Long term thinking and positive community impact - exactly what our endowment is about! Here's an example in Brazil:

Couple Spends 20 Years Planting an Entire Forest and Hundreds of Endangered Animals Have Returned They transformed a barren plot of land into a thriving forest.