New community foundations staff and board members often find the most difficult challenge is understanding precisely what a community foundation is. Community Foundation Fundamentals is designed to help staff and volunteers quickly comprehend organizational essentials. This two-day course, created and led by experienced leaders in the community foundation field, covers topics including:
- history of the community foundation movement,
- basic information on governance, resource development and donor relations,
- key legal and legislative issues and information on grantmaking,
- community leadership and fiduciary responsibilities.
This course also provides valuable resources and enables participants to establish new professional contacts.