Expanding Research and Analysis for Community Foundations - A Field-Wide Study

Abstract

As part of the long-term research agenda of the Community Foundations Leadership Team of the Council on Foundations, FSG recently surveyed the field to better understand:- recent challenges to the economic sustainability of community foundations,- the use of cost-revenue studies, and- the extent of interest in gathering more consistent and timely benchmarking data about community foundation finances and operations.Based on a survey of nearly 250 community foundation CEOs and CFOs as well as in-depth interviews with leaders in the community foundation field, this presentation summarizes our learnings