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.
The following is a list
of community foundations in Texas:
The Community Foundation of Abilene
Contact: Nancy E. Jones, President
P.O. Box 1001
500 Chestnut Street, Suite 1634
Abilene, TX 79604-1001
Phone: (325) 676-3883 Fax: (325) 676-4206
Website:
http://www.cfabilene.org/home/
Amarillo Area Foundation
801 S. Fillmore, Suite 700
Amarillo, TX 79101
Phone: (806) 376-4521 Fax: (806) 373-3656
Website: http://aaf-hf.org/
Austin Community Foundation for the Capital Area, Inc.
Contact: Richard G. Slaughter, Executive Director
P.O. Box 5159
Austin, TX 78763-5159
Phone: (512) 472-4483 Fax: (512) 472-4486
Website:
http://www.austincommunityfoundation.org/
Bandera Area Foundation
c/o San Antonio Area Foundation
P.O. Box 1656
Bandera, TX 78003
Phone: (830) 535-6982
Big Spring Area Community Foundation
Contact: Drew Mouton, JD, Board Member/Secretary
P.O. Box 1030
Big Spring, TX 79720-1030
Phone: (432) 263-7676 Fax: (432) 263-8686
Community Foundation of Brazoria County, Texas
Contact: Vicki Kirby, Executive Director
P.O. Box 2392
Angleton, TX 77516-2392
Phone: (979) 848-2628 Fax: (979) 848-0031
Brazos Community Foundation
Contact: Tiffani R. McKinney, Executive Director
Post Office Box 2622
Bryan, TX 77805-2622
Phone: (979) 776-4341 Fax: (979) 776-8699
Brownsville Community Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Elvira Ramos, Executive Director
275 Jose Marti Blvd., Suite B
Brownsville, TX 78526-1746
Phone: (956) 546-8787 Fax: (956) 546-8262
Burkburnett Community Foundation
Contact: Gary Dean Rollins
c/o Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation (TX)
104 W. Third Street
Burkburnett, TX 76354
Phone: (940) 569-2875 Fax: (940) 569-3306
Website: http://www.wfacf.org
Chautaqua Foundation, Inc.
801 West Gibson
Austin, TX 78704
Coastal Bend Community Foundation
Contact: Kent Williams , President and CEO
600 Leopard Street, Suite 1716
Corpus Christi, TX 78473-1111
Phone: (361) 882-9745 Fax: (361) 882-2865
Website:
http://www.cbcfoundation.org/
Denison Community Foundation
313 West Woodard
Denison, TX 75020
Phone: (903) 465-1551
East Texas Communities Foundation
Contact: Kyle L. Penney , Executive Director
315 N. Broadway, Suite 210
Tyler, TX 75702
Phone: (903) 533-0208 Fax: (903) 533-0258
Email: kpenney@etcf.org
Website: http://www.etcf.org/
El Paso Community Foundation
Contact: Janice W. Windle, President
P.O. Box 272
El Paso, TX 79943-0272
Phone: (915) 533-4020 Fax: (915) 532-0716
Email: jwindle@epcf.org
Website: http://www.epcf.org/
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Texas
P.O. Box 684826
Austin, TX 78768
Phone: (512) 482-8894 Fax: (512) 232-2366
Website:
http://www.givetoaustin.org/
Foundation for Southeast Texas
Contact: Carol Flatten, Executive Director
P.O. Box 3092
Beaumont, TX 77704-3092
Phone: (409) 833-5775 Fax: (409) 833-7885
Chisholm Trail Communities Foundation
Contact: Tamara Hudgins, Executive Director
116 West 8th Street, Suite 105
Georgetown, TX 78626-5800
Phone: (512) 863-4186 Fax: (512) 863-4223
Heart of Texas Community Foundation
Contact: Roberta Bellinger
301 Junction Highway
Kerrville, TX 78028
Phone: (830) 792-1703 Fax: (830) 792-3045
Greater Houston Community Foundation
Contact: Stephen D. Maislin, President & CEO
4550 Post Oak Place, Suite 100
Houston, TX 77027-3131
Phone: (713) 333-2200 Fax: (713) 333-2220
Email: smaislin@ghcf.org
Website: http://www.ghcf.org/
Laredo Area Community Foundation
Contact: Patricia Guajardo, Executive Director
P.O. Box 450223
Laredo, TX 78045
Phone: (214)528-8185
Email:
pguajardo@laredofoundation.org
Levelland Area Endowment
c/o Lubbock Area Foundation, Inc.
CHASE
P.O. Box 1631
Levelland, TX 79336
Phone: (806) 897-2605
Lubbock Area Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Kathleen Stocco, Executive Director
1655 Main Street, Suite 202
Lubbock, TX 79401-3110
Phone: (806) 762-8061 Fax: (806)762-8551
Website:
http://www.lubbockareafoundation.org/index.shtml
Matagorda County Community Foundation
P.O. Box 2005
Bay City, TX 77404-2005
Phone: (409) 245-6812
Montgomery County Community Foundation (TX)
Contact: Nancy R. Dossey, M.Ed., Executive Director
25025 I-45 North, Ste. 410
The Woodlands, TX 77380-3036
Phone: (936) 890-4882 Fax: (936) 890-4882
Website:
http://www.mccfoundation.org/
Navarro Community Foundation
512 Nations Bank Bldg.
P. O. Box 1035
Corsicana, TX 75151
Phone: (903) 874-4301
New East Texas Foundation
10614 Cr 214
Tyler, TX 75707
Community Foundation of North Texas
Contact: Homer M. Dowd, President
306 W. Seventh Street, Suite 306
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Phone: (817) 877-0702 Fax: (817) 877-1215
Website: http://www.cfntx.org/
Permian Basin Area Foundation
Contact: Guy McCrary, Chief Operating Officer
550 W. Texas, Suite 1260
Midland, TX 79701-4246
Phone: (432) 682-4704 Fax: (432)617-0151
Regional Community Foundation
Contact: Susan B. Ellison, Executive Director
804 Medical Circle Drive, Suite F
Longview, TX 75605
Phone: (903) 232-3863 Fax: (903) 236-4787
Rio Grande Valley Community Foundation
Contact: Steve Ahlenius, President & CEO
1200 Ash Street
P.O. Box 790
McAllen, TX 78505-0790
Phone: (956) 682-2871 Fax: (956) 682-2917
Greater Round Rock Community Foundation
Contact: Kamali Barron, Director
212 East Main
Round Rock, TX 78664
Phone: (512) 255-5805 Fax: (512) 255-3345
Website:
http://www.rrcommunityfoundation.org/
San Angelo Area Foundation
Contact: Matt Lewis, President/CEO
2201 Sherwood Way, Suite 205
San Angelo, TX 76901-3057
Phone: (325) 947-7071 Fax: (325) 947-7322
Website: http://www.saafound.org/
South Plains Foundation
P.O. Box 93377
Lubbock, TX 79493
Texas Area Fund Foundation, Inc.
Contact: Bonnie Woolverton, Executive Director
P.O. Box 283
Palestine, TX 75802
Phone: (903) 729-5350 Fax: (903) 729-3343
Website:
http://www.texasfoundation.com/
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country, Inc.
Contact: Rick McManigle, Executive Director
P.O. Box 291354
Kerrville, TX 78029-1354
Phone: (830) 896-8811 Fax: (830) 792-5956
Website:
http://www.communityfoundation.net/
Texas Valley Communities Foundation
Contact: Maria R. Mann , Executive Director
P.O. Box 3988
Edinburg, TX 78540
Phone: (956) 369-9513 Fax: (858) 712-1961
Wharton County Community Foundation
Contact: Gordon Sorrel, President
102 N. Washington
El Campo, TX 77437-4431
Phone: (979) 543-2709 Fax: (979) 543-9030
Wichita Falls Area Community Foundation (TX)
Contact: Teresa Webb Pontius, Executive Director
807 Eighth Street, Suite 750
Wichita Falls, TX 76301-3319
Phone: (940) 766-0829 Fax: (940) 766-2861
Website: http://www.wfacf.org/
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