2003, Community Foundations
Donors can establish a charitable fund at the foundation by contributing a variety of assets and may also recommend grants — in their name, if they choose — to nonprofit groups they want to support.
Three special features:
When you give through your community foundation...
You receive personalized service. Community foundations provide personalized service, helping individuals, families, businesses, and nonprofit organizations achieve their charitable and financial goals by offering tools and resources that make giving easy, flexible, and effective. Their donors can create personal legacies via named funds, teaching future generations the value of giving back. They offer involvement in recommending (to community foundation boards of directors) uses of a gift, while providing the option to give anonymously.
1. They create giving solutions that fit every situation.
You access local expertise. Your community foundation is a local organization staffed by people from your community and led by a local board of trustees. This group of people has an in-depth knowledge of the issues, opportunities, and resources that shape your community, enabling them to play a key role in solving community problems, while helping donors learn more about local needs in order to make their giving as effective as possible.
2. They help donors make a difference where it is needed most.
You support community leadership. Community foundations play a key role in addressing community needs, now and in the future. They are governed by leaders with strong ties to our communities. They also act as community catalysts, bringing diverse voices and groups together to address local issues, and fostering greater giving and volunteering in our communities. They build endowments to ensure grants support the community forever. Their work ties closely to that of nonprofits; They foster the development of new organizations and programs, support high-impact opportunities, and redirect funds as community needs change.
3. Their business is building community.
This website is a resource for professional advisors, donors, and media representatives. Click on the "Find Your Community Foundation" tab on the left-hand side of the screen to access a CFLocator to view a Community Foundation Activity Map.
