How We Impact Donors:

• The Community Foundation makes it possible for donors to impact those charitable causes that are close to their hearts.
• Because their funds are endowed, our donors know that the impact of their gifts will last forever.
• We make giving easy by accepting many types of gifts and by handling all the details – paperwork, grant follow-up, accounting/reporting, etc.
• Donors can choose the types of funds they wish to establish and can have as much or as little involvement in those funds as they desire.
• We provide advice to donors about community needs and where their dollars can have the greatest impact.
• Giving to endowed funds offers donors tax advantages.
• Our board and staff are excellent stewards of our donors' gifts.

How We Impact Nonprofit Organizations:

• Through agency endowments, nonprofit and community agencies have a source of income so they can continue to have impact into the future.
• We offer nonprofit agencies much-needed assistance with board development, fundraising, operating issues, planned giving and more.

How We Impact Grant Seekers:

• Through the awarding of grants, the Community Foundation helps grant seekers accomplish their missions and impact the community.
• Grants provide assistance in meeting emerging community needs.
• The Foundation assists with information about additional sources of funding.

How We Impact Professional Advisors:

• The Community Foundation offers professional advisors planned giving tools that enhance their ability to impact their clients, by offering them ways to meet their charitable and estate planning needs.
• Through education and training opportunities, we help professional advisors raise their level of expertise concerning trends in and methods of charitable giving.

How We Impact the Community:

• We provide long-term leadership, promoting philanthropy by offering all members of the community a model of how to give.
• As a catalyst, we focus on community needs, creating ways to meet those needs, resolve issues and build a stronger community.
• We provide information and referral, helping members of the community understand and gain access to services.
• As a convener, we bring together many independent, possibly competitive, organizations to coordinate efforts to resolve community issues for positive impact.

How We Impact Scholarship Seekers:

• With a variety of endowed scholarships, the Community Foundation impacts students by making it possible for them to pursue an education beyond high school.