Brainerd, Minn. – The Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation (BLACF) announces that Wendy Roy, former Executive Director of the Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation, has been hired as a strategic philanthropic consultant to work with BLACF upon the resignation of Bill Brekken as Director of the local Foundation. Bill has taken a full-time position with a business in the Brainerd area.
During Bill’s two years as Director of BLACF, the Foundation grew by over $2 million. Wendy Roy comes to the Foundation with over 15 years of community foundation experience having grown the Grand Rapids Area Community Foundation from $250,000 to over $17 million.
BLACF, in affiliation with CommunityGiving, is a public charity that attracts and administers charitable funds for the benefit of the local community. Since 1998, BLACF has grown to over $7.9 million in assets and awarded over $3.5 million in grants to local nonprofits. CommunityGiving is a partnership of four community foundations, including Alexandria Area Community Foundation, Brainerd Lakes Area Community Foundation, Central Minnesota Community Foundation, and Willmar Area Community Foundation. CommunityGiving administers more than 650 funds totaling more than $115 million. Learn more at CommunityGiving.org/Brainerd.