Links

To assist you in finding out more about Community Foundations we have put together the following links and resources.

Australian Community Foundations

For links to Australian community foundations, see the Community Foundations in Australia page.

International Community Foundations

The Community Foundation Hawke’s Bay (New Zealand)
http://www.thefoundation.co.nz/
The Community Foundatio Hawke’s Bay is an independent, volunteer driven, charitable organisation working to strengthen the community. The Foundation enables people to join the growth and development of Hawke’s Bay as donors or volunteers.

Community Foundation Silicon Valley (US)
http://www.siliconvalleygives.org/
Community Foundation Silicon Valley is one of the fastest-growing community foundations in the US, with assets of more than $600 million US. Their website contains information on the Foundation’s initiatives, grants and programs.

Kenya Community Development Foundation (Kenya)
http://www.kcdfound.org/
The first Kenyan community foundation, KCDF aims to effectively mobilise resources for building permanent funds for grant making towards the development of communities.

Nebraska Community Foundation (US)
http://www.nebcommfound.org/
Jeffrey Yost, Vice-President of the Nebraska Community Foundation, spoke at a Philanthropy Australia forum in April 2000. Community development is a special focus of this site, which includes plenty of information on the Foundation’s operations and success stories of gifts and bequests which have given life to small rural communities.

Resources for Community Foundations

Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
http://www.mott.org/
One of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation’s aims is to strengthen civil society; the foundation has been heavily involved in supporting and developing the worldwide community foundation movement for more than two decades.

Community Building - Growing Communities Together (Victoria)
http://www.communitybuilding.vic.gov.au/
The Community Building site is an initiative of the Victorian Government and aims to inform and connect people involved in community building projects across Victoria, and to assist those who want to find out more about community building approaches.

Community Builders NSW
http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/
An initiative of the New South Wales government, the Community Builders site is an electronic clearing house for everyone involved in community level social, economic and environmental renewal including community leaders, community & government workers, volunteers, program managers, academics, policy makers, youth and seniors.

Community Foundation Network
http://www.communityfoundations.org.uk/
The Community Foundation Network is a membership organisation for UK community foundations. The website contains news from the UK of interest for community foundations, as well as links to CFN’s members.

Community Foundations Institute
http://cfi.iupui.edu/
Housed within the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the Community Foundations Institute is intended to develop as a comprehensive resource for research, training, and education in the community foundation field. The website includes the full text of the ‘Community Foundation Competency Guide’, which is based on the US Standards for Community Foundations and intended as an orientation guide for new community foundation staff members, as well as a refresher for experienced staff in the field. Although still under development as the Institute has only just been implemented, the website is expected to eventually contain a resource database and library for community foundation staff and board members around the world.

Community Foundations of America
http://www.cfamerica.org/
Community Foundations of America was formed in December 1999 to provide products and services especially to community foundations. Their website is fairly small but includes links of interest as well as some information about the organisation’s board members.

Community Foundations of Canada
http://www.community-fdn.ca/
This membership organisation for Canadian community foundations has some general information and some resources on starting community foundations as well as publications and links.

Council of Michigan Foundations
http://www.cmif.org/index.html
The Council of Michigan Foundations is an association of grantmakers in the Michigan area. Their website has some interesting tools and publications for community foundations, including a section on Minimum Standards for Michigan Community Foundations which contains some sample documents on governance, guidance, communications and other important aspects of community foundation operations. Checklists of important questions for community foundations to consider are also included. Among the downloadable publications are Community Foundations Serving Rural Areas, Growing Community Foundations as Environmental Stewards and Businesses Partnering with Community Foundations.

Council of Michigan Foundations Community Foundations Sample Documents Database
http://nts1.novagate.com/cmf/Main.htm
A useful database of sample documents from US community foundations, including publicity materials, guidelines, procedural documents and sample grant agreements.

GrantBenefit.org
http://www.grantbenefit.org/
From Community Foundations of Canada, GrantBenefit offers information, tools and resources on assessment and evaluation. It is designed to help funders better understand and demonstrate the difference their grants make. Understanding the impact of your grants will increase your accountability and help you make the most of your giving.

Translantic Community Foundation Network
http://www.tcfn.efc.be/goto.php?goto=40
Of particular interest on this site is the ‘Asset Development’ section, where there are a number of documents designed to assist community foundations as they seek to build their charitable assets and partner with donors.

WINGS - CF - Compendium of Resource Materials for Community Foundations
http://www.wingsweb.org
The WINGS website presents the WINGS network and secretariat. Materials and information is marked with tags for Community Foundations and for Corporate Initiative. Visitors to the network section will be able to view profiles and contacts in the network and arrange listings according to constituent groups, organisation type, region and countries in which they provide services. The Programmes and events section presents WINGS’ services and programmes in a systemised fashion. The Information and Resources heading assembles the collections and links from the previous websites (particularly the WINGS-CF Compendium and the WINGS resources).