22: Development Strategy for Operations and Funds

Confirming
Reconfirming

The community foundation submits evidence of a strategy designed to generate broad support from many separate, unrelated donors with diverse charitable interests.

Key Elements 
  1. The community foundation has a strategy designed to generate broad support from many separate, unrelated donors with diverse charitable interests.
  2. The foundation has long-term goal of securing discretionary resources to meet changing community needs. (Cross-check with communication materials and mission statement for consistency; can be in any one or all documents)

Note: Evidence of compliance with this standard may be found in the Gift/Fund Acceptance Policies (Requirement 21) or in the development strategy.

Core Materials 

Required Documents

  • Development strategy for operations and funds
Related Standards 

III. Resource Development

III.A    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.

III.C    A community foundation has a long-term goal of securing discretionary resources to address the changing needs of the community it serves.

VI. Donor Relations

VI.A    A community foundation educates and engages donors in identifying and addressing community issues and grantmaking opportunities.