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The Mercadien Foundation,
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| Leading the way for generations.
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Banding together. Giving back. Caring and coordinating.
Endowing for the future. The Mercadien Foundation
works as a whole greater than the sum of its parts. |
The Mercadien Foundation is a private foundation focused
on creating philanthropic synergies to serve The Mercadien
Group’s market area. It provides clients, friends,
and associates of The Mercadien Group with an outlet
for giving back to the community in which we live and
work.
One of the most successful programs administered by
The Mercadien Foundation is The Mercadien Group’s
Jeans For Charity program. The program raises contributions
from our associates through dress down days which are
then contributed to a pre-selected nonprofit organization
in our community, determined by our associates. In a
year’s time the associates raise over $10,000,
which is then directed toward the pre-selected nonprofit
organizations to which our Mercadien Family members
have a strong connection.
Through this program and other initiatives The Mercadien
Foundation pools a collection of charitable gifts contributed
by various donors. Invested together, these funds provide
a continuing resource for the community; a resource
which can grow over time and can be distributed across
many areas of need.
The Foundation provides a collaborative vehicle to donors
who wish to join their funds with others, allowing them
to avoid the administrative and legal costs of establishing
their own private foundations. These donors can make
contributions for the general benefit of the community
or earmark contributions for specific purposes. The
Foundation involves representative members of the community
on its board of directors to approve grants that will
serve the public interest.
Being donors to The Mercadien Foundation allows members
of our companies, their clients, and friends to build
upon their solid relationships to create accomplishments
not for themselves, but for others in need.
We feel that The Mercadien Foundation is an important
part of The Mercadien Group and its core philosophy
because a chain is only as strong as its weakest link;
and we all have a responsibility to give back to the
community in which we live. We encourage all those with
the means, to consider The Mercadien Foundation as a
way to loan some of their strength to others in our
community. |
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