Standards and Effective Practices for Community Foundations
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A community foundation's governing body is not controlled by an other nonprofit organization, or by any single family, business or governmental entity or any narrow group within the community.
Mission, Structure and Governance - Standard II. Part G.05

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Examples of Effective Practices

The practices listed below have been selected by the Community Foundation Standards Best Practices Committee as examples of Effective Practices.

Each example contains the name of the community foundation and link to its web site, the relevant methodology employed in this practice, the applicability of the practice to different community foundations, and a link to the Effective Practices Online Database that contains a description of the practice (as submitted) and any relevant documents and materials.

  • Community Foundation of Broward www.cfbroward.org
  • Methodology: Board bylaws and nominating committee/election process
  • Community foundations to which this practice may be particularly applicable: All community foundations
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  • Oklahoma City Community Foundation www.occf.org
  • Methodology: Board bylaws and nominating committee/election process
  • Community foundations to which this practice may be particularly applicable: All community foundations
  • View Practice Example Details