Community foundations
are instruments of
civil society designed to pool donations into a
coordinated investment and grant making facility
dedicated primarily to the social improvement
of a given place.
Families, individuals,
businesses, and nonprofit groups establish funds within
community foundations into which they can contribute a
variety of assets to be used for charitable purposes.
The people or organizations that establish the funds can
then recommend that grants be distributed, in the name
of the fund or anonymously, to qualified nonprofit
groups and schools. The donor receives a charitable
deduction in the year that gifts are made into their
funds.
The assets of community
foundations are pooled and invested, with donors
typically having a choice of investment products.
The funds established
at community foundations can be expendable funds (i.e.,
grants can be made in any amount at any time) or they
can be endowments, which limit distributions to the
interest earned on the assets. Endowments last in
perpetuity.
The first community
foundation was set up in
Cleveland in 1914 by Frederick Goff and operating
now as the
Cleveland Foundation. Others soon followed including
the
California Community Foundation and the
Chicago Community Trust.
Community foundations
are now a global phenomenon. There are at least 700 in
the United States and perhaps 1000 more around the world
with numbers
growing rapidly.
Allamakee County Community Foundation
c/o Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
PO Box 332
Waukon, IA 52172
Brooklyn Community Foundation, Inc.
Post Office Box 66
Brooklyn, IA 52211
Phone: (641)522-7712
Greater Buchanan County Community Foundation
Post Office Box 229
Independence, IA 50644
Phone: (319)334-7181
Community Foundation of Carroll County (IA)
510 US Highway 30
Carroll, IA 51401
Community Foundation of Cedar County
1895 Wilson Avenue
Wilton, IA 52778
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
Contact: Daniel Baldwin, President & CEO
200 First Street, SW
Cedar Rapids, IA 52404-5702
Phone: (319)366-2862 Fax: (319)366-2912
Website: http://www.gcrcf.org/
The Clarinda Foundation
213 East Washington
P. O. Box 273
Clarinda, IA 51632
Phone: (712)542-4412
Website:
http://www.clarindafoundation.com/
Clayton County Community Foundation
c/o Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
132 S. Main Street
Elkader, IA 52043
Greater Delaware County Community Foundation
217 North Franklin Street
Manchester, IA 52057
Phone: (563)927-4810
Foundation for the Future of Delaware County
c/o Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
200 East Main Street
Manchester, IA 52057
Greater Des Moines Community Foundation
Contact: Johnny Danos, President
1915 Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309-3311
Phone: (515)883-2626 Fax: (515)883-2630
Website:
http://www.desmoinesfoundation.org/
DeWitt Area Community Foundation
c/o Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
1119 Scenic Hill Lane
De Witt, IA 52742
Phone: (563)659-5039
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Contact: Nancy Van Milligen, President/CEO
700 Locust Street, Suite 195
P.O. Box 902
Dubuque, IA 52001
Phone: (563)588-2700 Fax: (563)583-6619
Website:
http://www.dbqfoundation.org/
Dyersville Area Foundation for the Future
c/o Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
American Trust Bank
P.O. Box 301
Dyersville, IA 52040
Community Foundation of Fort Dodge & North Central Iowa
Contact: Laurie Hagey, Executive Director
803 Central Avenue
Fort Dodge, IA 50501-3901
Phone: (515)573-3179
Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
Contact: Barbara J. Melbourne, Vice President of Development
111 E. Third Street, Suite 710
Davenport, IA 52801-1524
Phone: (563)326-2840 Fax: (563)326-2870
Email:
barbaramelbourne@cfgrb.org
Website: http://www.cfgrb.org/
Greater Greenfield Community Foundation, Inc.
Post Office Box 32
Greenfield, IA 50849
Iowa West Foundation
Contact: J. Todd Graham, Executive Director
25 Main Place, Suite 550
Council Bluffs, IA 51503
Phone: (712)309-3001 Fax: (712)322-2267
Email: tgraham@iowawest.com
Website:
http://www.iowawestfoundation.org/
The Greater Jefferson County Foundation
Contact: Tom McMahon, President
Post Office Box 1325
Fairfield, IA 52556-1325
Phone: (641)472-0758 Fax: (641)472-0758
Email:
gjcf0758@iowatelecom.net
The Community Foundation of Johnson County (IA)
Contact: Michael L. Stoffregen, Executive Director
325 E. Washington Street
Iowa City, IA 52240-3968
Phone: (319)337-0483 Fax: (319)338-9958
Website:
http://communityfoundationofjohnsoncounty.org/
Lake Mills Foundation for Community Improvement, Inc.
105 West Main Street
Lake Mills, IA 50450
Phone: (515)592-3251
Louisa County Community Foundation
Louisa Development Group
PO Box 171
Wapello, IA 52653
Maquoketa Area Community Foundation
Contact: Angela McColley , Executive Director
120 1/2 S. Main Street
Maquoketa, IA 52060-3034
Phone: (563)652-4179 Fax: (563)652-4203
Website: http://www.maqarea.org/
Missouri Valley Community Foundation
100 S. 4th Street
Missouri Valley, IA 51555
Community Foundation of Greater Muscatine
Contact: Frank Kelly, Executive Director
208 West 2nd Street, Suite 11
Muscatine, IA 52761-3761
Phone: (563)264-3863 Fax: (563)264-3383
Website:
http://www.muscatinecommunityfoundation.org/
Community Foundation of North Lee County
c/o Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
1 Blackhawk Heights
Fort Madison, IA 52627-3115
Phone: (319)372-6323
Pella Community Foundation
Contact: Kenneth J. Weller, President
700 Main Street
P.O. Box 112
Pella, IA 50219
Phone: (641)628-8003 Fax: (641)628-4199
Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation
Contact: Thomas K. Marshall, Board Member
P.O. Box 344
1510 Penrose Street
Grinnell, IA 50112
Phone: (641)236-8788
Email: tcmarsh532@gmail.com
Website: http://www.greaterpcf.org/
River Bluff Community Foundation
c/o Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
4136 Bellevue Road
Clinton, IA 52732
South Central Iowa Community Foundation
Contact: Diane Rouse, Executive Director
P.O. Box 258
501 NW Church Street
Leon, IA 50144-0258
Phone: (641)446-6530 Fax: (641)446-6529
Website: http://www.scicf.org/
Traer Community Foundation
611 Second Street
Traer, IA 50675
Phone: (319)478-2148
Community Foundation of Van Buren County
PO Box 475
Keosauqua, IA 52565
Community Foundation of Washington County (IA)
c/o Community Foundation of the Great River Bend
PO Box 462
Washington, IA 52353
Phone: (319)653-2265
Community Foundation of Waterloo/Cedar Falls & Northeast Iowa
Contact: Mary Ann Burk, President and CEO
P.O. Box 1176
Waterloo, IA 50704-1176
Phone: (319)287-9106 Fax: (319)287-9105
Waverly Community Foundation
c/o State Bank of Waverly
P. O. Box 58
Waverly, IA 50677
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