The Barnesville-Lamar Community Foundation aims to bring people together to make a positive impact on their community by pooling resources. Each member contributes $365 annually to fund community improvements, with half of these funds allocated for immediate grants and the other half invested in an endowment for the future.
Lamar Gives 365 incentivizes collective community improvement through small individual donations, aggregating them for greater impact. The program annually pools $365 from each member to fund local initiatives, splitting the total between immediate grant allocations and a long-term endowment. At an annual event, members listen to finalists' presentations before voting on the grant recipients. While there's no set maximum for individual grants, the total grant pool for 2018 was approximately $32,000, supporting between 10 to 13 finalists.