ABOUT US

The Community Foundation of East Alabama (CFEA) serves as a local center for philanthropy by working with individuals, families, corporations, private foundations and nonprofit organizations to help them achieve their charitable objectives and address emerging community issues. If there is a need, CFEA is there to help within our region: Lee, Chambers, Macon, Russell, and Tallapoosa counties.

Donors to CFEA benefit from the Foundation’s combined assets, which greatly reduces investment and administrative fees. This means that each dollar goes further to helping those in need.

CFEA is administered by a governing body of East Alabama citizens committed to building a vibrant community foundation. We are one of more than 795 community foundations in the United States whose assets total $84 billion. Through the generosity of people in East Alabama, CFEA continues to grow. Through grant making, we look forward to a brighter future by giving back to the place we call home.

The Community Foundation of East Alabama was incorporated in 2007 as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Community Foundations are public endowments that administer a number of endowed funds contributed by a variety of donors, primarily for local purposes, to solve community or regional problems and improve the lives of people in a geographic area.

Community Foundations also make strategic grants to assist nonprofit organizations in handling their programs and other special needs in the community.

In 2001, the Envision Opelika Foundation, Inc., embarked on a planning and action project to improve the quality of life for the residents of their community. In addition to its many accomplishments, the Envision Opelika effort began to envision a broader strategy to improve the quality of life for the larger region of East Alabama. It became evident that with the many challenges and opportunities facing Auburn, Opelika and the east Alabama region, the best approach was to start a community foundation. The Community Foundation of East Alabama was incorporated in 2007.