PASSING ON THE VALUES
OF GIVING BACK
THE LES AND VIRGINIA ALBRO FAMILY FUND
Southern Indiana is a caring and giving community
that offers wonderful opportunities to those of us
who call it home. Les Albro and his wife, Virginia,
learned that when they moved here with their family
in 1959 so that Les could start a new job at local car
dealership Rambler City.
back to his grandchildren and established the Les
and Virginia Albro Family Fund at the Community
Foundation of Southern Indiana.
With his accounting background, Les was going to
help on the business side of the dealership while Walt
Bales would handle the sales side of things. By 1979
Les had become president of what was now Bales
Auto Mall and he and Virginia were doing their part to
give back to a community that had already given so
much to them. “I wanted to see my grandkids learn about giving
back and I wanted to be a part of it,” he said. Today,
the Albro family has an annual meeting – usually
around the holidays – when the family sits down to
talk about being philanthropic and the important role
giving back plays in this community. Each grandchild
puts together a presentation about a particular cause
or nonprofit they’re passionate about and by the end
of the day the family decides what to support with
grants from their fund.
“This community has always been very good to
our family,” Les said. “We always felt that because
of how Southern Indiana embraced us it was our
responsibility to give back and support the causes
that were making a difference.” Les said, “the Community Foundation is helping my
family give back in meaningful and impactful ways.
But most importantly, we’re doing it together, as a
family – learning about what each of us is passionate
about and having fun giving back.”
Les and Virginia were actively involved at Oak Park
Baptist Church, the Red Cross, Jeffersonville Rotary
Club and a number of other organizations. As time
moved on, and after Virginia’s passing in 2014, Les
wanted to find a way to pass down the value of giving At CFSI, we help individuals, families, and businesses
give back in meaningful and impactful ways. Last year,
CFSI fundholders granted more than $5 million to the
many varied and individual causes that are important
to them.
If you’d like to learn how you can start your own family
fund, or a fund to support your favorite causes, please
call the Community Foundation of Southern Indiana.
Because of a matching grant from Lilly Endowment,
Inc. you can add to or create a new endowment fund
for your favorite charitable causes and receive a $1
match for every $2 contributed.
Or, if you want to help the Community Foundation of
Southern Indiana give back to our community through
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our community grant program, you can give to the
Foundation’s unrestricted Community Impact Fund.
For every $1 donated to the Community Impact Fund,
Lilly Endowment Inc. will donate $2 – a two for one
match – TRIPLING your charitable investment.
Have questions on how to take advantage of the match,
start an endowment fund, or support the Community
Impact Fund? Visit CFSouthernIndiana.com, or call
812-948-4662.