Auer Mission...

The Auer Family Foundation was founded in 1993 by Peggy and Ed Auer. An important component of Foundation’s primary mission is to encourage charitable volunteerism by their 10 children and their spouses by providing financial support to those organizations benefiting from this volunteer involvement, and to encourage charitable giving in the family by offering matching grants. A wonderful example of this support is our family participation in the Christian Foundation for Children and Aging. Eighteen family members, including grandchildren, support nineteen individual clients with the help of matching gifts.

Another mission component is an internal program, The Focused Vision Program. When both founders experienced successful Cataract Removal and Lens Emplacement surgery, they were so pleased with the dramatic improvement to their vision they became determined to find a way to make this surgery available to those who had the need but couldn’t afford the procedure. This financing has helped pay for about 90 procedures thru 2010.

There are about a dozen organizations who receive aid on a regular basis from the Foundation. However, these gifts are in response to specific grant requests soliciting for a specific need, and are not in the form of gifting to a general or annual campaign. Each Foundation Trustee is assigned a liaison role with one or more of these organizations to insure their involvement with the process. Trustees serve a five year term, and are drawn from the family ranks. Currently, three grandchildren are among the seven appointed Trustees.

The word "Family" in The Auer Family Foundation has proven to be very meaningful.