Community Investments
The following are the Foundation's targeted issues within each of the four general granting areas. The Fieldstone Foundation's granting process considers organizations addressing the following issues:
Humanitarian
- Affordable housing
- Family violence prevention: domestic violence prevention, battered women services, child abuse or neglect prevention
- Emergency assistance and crisis prevention for families with children
- Foster care and youth emancipation
- Substance abuse prevention
Community and Education
- Literacy
- Youth character building and personal development
- After school programs
- Crime and community violence prevention
- Community empowerment to deal with local issues
Cultural Arts
- Arts education
- Cultural awareness, understanding and participation of children and families in the arts
- Arts as a mechanism to address community issues
- Arts as a tool to deal with abuse, trauma, and loss
Christian Ministries
- Christian leadership development
- Understanding of Christianity
- Understanding and application of Christian values
