Community and Public
Foundations
Community and public
foundations are among the fastest growing segments of organized philanthropy.
MCF supports this growing network through special programming, leadership
retreats, technical support, as well as a variety of opportunities to connect
and share ideas and resources. Some of this information is available only to MCF
members (denoted by an asterisk).
What's New?
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Good News from the IRS for Public Charities that Give
Grants
from Alliance for Justice
A new ruling from the Internal Revenue Service indicates that they will
allow public foundations or other public charities that have made the 501(h)
election to rely on the rules that already govern grantmaking by private
foundations. Visit the
Alliance for Justice website to read a
summary of the four main points of the IRS Private Letter Ruling.
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Economic Scenario Planning (ESP) Model
by CF Insights
This free tool allows users to test the implications of market performance,
donor behavior, and budget adjustments on their operating budgets. The model
provides charts and graphs that illustrate the impact of various change
factors and are appropriate for senior management or board-level
discussions. A user guide is included.
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COF Regional Learning Forum
June 9, 2009, Chicago, IL
The Bank of America "High Net Worth Donor Study", CF Insights Report "Taking
Informed Action in Challenging Times", CFLT Idea Lab report "The Feasibility
and Options for Consolidation of Back Office Operations", PPT presentations,
and meeting notes are now accessible on the
COF website.
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Widening the Tent: Building Relationships for
Community Leadership
by CFLeads, 06/11/09
Webinar on how the Baltimore Community Foundation and The Denver Foundation
are building relationships that maximize community involvement and
strengthen the foundations' capacity for community leadership.
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Introduction to Community Leadership Framework and
Building Block A on Values, Culture and Will
by CFLeads, 03/13/09
Webinar on how Rochester Area Community Foundation and the Central Minnesota
Community Foundation have worked to keep their boards on board as community
leadership assumed a more prominent focus at their foundations.
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Donor-Advised Funds Provide the Majority of Grants
Awarded by Community Foundations (pdf)
by the national Council on Foundations, 01/13/09
Web-based survey of community foundations to obtain comprehensive
information on the amount of assets held in donor advised funds, the range
of sizes of individual donor advised funds, the amount spent from these
funds, and the areas donor advised funds supported in 2007.
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Mott Foundation's Community Foundation Series
by the Mott Foundation, 11/01/08
This series of three monographs explores the core functions of a community
foundation as a grantmaker, a vehicle for local philanthropy and a community
leader.
Networks & Listserves
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The Development
Professionals Network* is for staff involved in development
activities for their community or public foundation and meets quarterly
- The Executive Leadership Network is a group of community and public
foundation CEOs and executive directors who meet twice annually.
Please contact Chuck Peterson, VP of member relations, at
cpeterson@mcf.org if you are interested in joining either of these
member groups.
Minnesota Community Philanthropy
National Community Philanthropy
Giving Forum Article Archive
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National Standards for U.S. Community
Foundations |
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Check out the Community Foundations National Standards
Board (CFNSB) website at
www.cfstandards.org |
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Overview of the standards
(pdf) |
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The cfstandards.org Web Guide |
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Why Standards?
(ppt) |
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MCF members confirmed in compliance with
CF Standards:
The Minneapolis Foundation
Central Minnesota Community Foundation
Community
Foundation of Grand Forks, East Grand Forks & Region
Duluth-Superior
Area Community Foundation
Fargo-Moorhead
Area Foundation
North Dakota
Community Foundation
The Rochester
Area Foundation
St. Croix Valley
Community Foundation
The Saint Paul
Foundation
Southwest
Initiative Foundation
The Virginia
Community Foundation
West Central Initiative
As of July 1, 2009, there are 477 community foundations in
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Staff Contact
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Contact
Chuck Peterson, VP member relations at
cpeterson@mcf.org or 612.335.3558. |
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