Our Philanthropic Framework

Practice Organizational Excellence

We are a trusted steward of a long-term charitable resource for our 23-county region, and we value learning, leadership and transparency.

Strategies:
(how we will meet the goal)

  • Create an environment and infrastructure where knowledge is efficiently, accurately and consistently captured, shared and utilized internally and externally
  • Offer a desirable and valuable environment for our staff
  • Build awareness of our vision and our value among target audiences comprised of nonprofits, donors and communities
  • Create a back-office infrastructure for effective, reasoned and measurable management of the organization and its products and services

Activities we are exploring:
  • Establish and track institutional performance based upon identified measures
  • Establish and track individual and departmental performance 
  • Increase awareness of The Community Foundation as a resource for local, regional, national and trade media outlets
  • Provide a well-diversified, well-executed long term program of investment management.
  • Become a learning organization