The Van Degna Foundation is a family foundation founded in 2002 to provide an on-going vehicle for the extended Van Degna family to engage in an ongoing, meaningful dialogue and to increase community involvement and service. Since then, family member have initiated and completed over 17 grants to organizations across the country. The family has chosen a grant strategy which is directed to communities in which we live and to causes which move us. Some grantees have been supported over multiple grant cycles as the grantee's organization and its management have particularly impressed the family.