TO ESTABLISH, GROW AND PRESERVE AN ENDOWMENT TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF COMMUNITY LIFE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, TO BE A CATALYST FOR ADDRESSING CHANGIN NEEDS IN OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY THROUGH ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, SOCIAL SERVICES AND RELATED AREAS, AND TO BROADEN THE BASE OF COMMUNITY CHARITABLE GIVING BY SERVING AS A LEADER AND RESOURCE CENTER FOR DONORS WHO WISH TO RETURN SOMETHING TO THEIR COMMUNITY.