Standards and Effective Practices for Community Foundations
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A community foundation has, or works to develop, broad support in the form of contributions from many, separate, unrelated donors with diverse charitable interests in the community served by the community foundation.
Resource Development - Standard III. Part A.

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Menu of Methodologies in Current Use

Methodology: Donor Education Program

Community Foundation of Western North Carolina

East Bay Community Foundation

Marin Community Foundation

Methodology: Donor Education Program

Boston Foundation

Methodology: marketing materials

The Dallas Foundation

Methodology: marketing materials

The Minneapolis Foundation

Methodology: Outreach to HNW indviduals

Cleveland Foundation

Methodology: Special Interest Funds

Community Foundation for Greater New Haven

Hartford Foundation for Public Giving

Oshkosh Area Community Foundation

Rhode Island Foundation