One of the secrets of the nonprofit world is that Foundations alone don’t do the heavy lifting. What Foundations do is provide resources through grants to those who actually do the “good works” for the benefit of their communities. Take some time to review the list of grants in this report and if you have access to the internet, look at the NDCF website (www.ndcf.net). In the Newsletter and at our website, you will find many pictures of grantees receiving our grant checks. You will see the faces of volunteers and staff from all kinds of nonprofit organizations. Those faces belong to the people who give of their time, talent and treasure to get things done in their communities. This is the real “secret” to the success of any nonprofit organization; the people with the passion, vision and plain old gumption to get things done. We, at the North Dakota Community Foundation are very pleased to provide support in the form of our grants to help these wonderful volunteers make North Dakota a better place.