French American Charitable Trust (FACT) records (MS.2012.021)

The first series contains administrative files related to the overall management of the foundation. Thereafter, the collection contains the Docket and the files for each of the grantees that received funds organized chronologically and by fund type. FACT gave two types of grants each year. The Discretionary Grants were generally less than $5,000 for specific projects. The Support Grants, $25,000 to $150,000, were given to their core group of organizations. The Docket was presented at the bi-annual Board of Directors meetings and provides key information for each of the grantees requesting funding for that grant period. The Support Grant files provide concise and comprehensive information regarding the mission and activities of each grantee. As such, they provide insight into the philanthropic work of many different types of community organizing groups in the United States and France.

FACT chose groups that focused primarily on low-income communities and people of color that work on environmental issues, civil rights, voter empowerment, tax reform, economic and social inequality.

The collection does not contain grant files for the Spring 2003 funding period.