What is a Community Foundation?

A community foundation is an organization formed by broad-based community support from multiple sources: trusts, endowments, individual contributions, or private foundation grants.

As a community foundation, the CCFSC enjoys the tax benefits and spending flexibility afforded to a public charity by relevant federal legislation and IRS regulations. It appreciates the efficiencies and cost savings realized by investing and managing in tandem charitable resources from many sources.

As an established source of charitable funding, the CCFSC possesses an unparalleled knowledge of ongoing and emerging community needs. Taken together, these advantages make philanthropy easy and powerful.