Despite the remarkably slow economic recovery that the Eastern Shore experienced this year, the Mid-Shore Community Foundation had a remarkably robust growth during the same period. In fact, the foundation’s gross assets hit the astonishing $50 million mark, making it the fourth largest foundation of its kind in the entire state of Maryland.
Part of that growth was surely due to the historic gains made by the stock market, but a good bit of the credit goes to the Mid-Shore’s board of trustees vision to invest more time and resources beyond Talbot County, where the foundation was created, and reach out to Kent, Queen Anne’s, Caroline and Dorchester counties to encourage donor advised funds and program support.
Leading that charge for the Mid-Shore has been the foundation’s president, and former Talbot Bank executive, Buck Duncan. In his annual interview with the Spy, Buck talks about the organization’s exceptional year, the growth of assets and a renewed commitment for all the Mid-Shore.
This video is approximately eight minutes in length
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