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Feb 4, 2021
In lieu of its traditional large-scale in-person Annual Meeting, the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation & Regional Affiliates recently held its Annual Meeting virtually Jan. 15 which featured a “State of the State” address from its Executive Director, Judy Sjostedt Ritchie.
Sjostedt Ritchie noted that 2021 marked the 22nd Annual Meeting that she has had the privilege of conducting. The PACF’s grantmaking capacity has grown significantly over its history. In 1964, one year after the PACF’s founding, the Foundation awarded $2,000 in community grants.
By contrast, at the end of its 2020 fiscal year, the PACF awarded $2.9 million in grants and scholarships.
“As a public charity, anything and everything that the PACF can do is directly to the credit of the generous local citizens who support it,” said Sjostedt Ritchie.