Community Foundation of North Central Florida

The Community Foundation of North Central Florida will:

-grow it's assets under management, with a priority to grow endowed funds;
-deepen and widen donors' engagement with the Community Foundation and in addressing community needs;
-increase public awareness of the mission and role of a community foundation and strengthen connections between the Foundation and its prospective and current donors;
-continue to strengthen its financial position through prudent fiscal management, high quality investment management and development of a diversified revenue stream;
-lead efforts to build the capacity of the nonprofit sector in North Central Florida to fulfill its mission more effectively; and
-be a leader in building social capital, identifying and addressing community issues, and finding opportunities to build connections to address critical issues key to the community.

The Community Foundation of North Central Florida is governed by a 28-member Board of Directors. This Board of Directors ensures that the Community Foundation is taking all the necessary steps and initatives to achieve our strategic goals. Specifically, the Board of Directors has three separate committees that oversee the implementation of our goals, including the Finance Committee, the Advancement Committee and the Community Needs Committee.

The Community Foundation also utilizes our relationships with our donors, nonprofit organizations and the community to promote and sustain philanthropy in North Central Florida.

The Community Foundation of North Central Florida utilizes their staff and Board of Directors to effectively and efficiently meet their goals. The paid staff is required to keep updated in new technology, resources and their educations. The Community Foundation tracks and monitors their spending and expenses to ensure that the budget is being spent wisely.

Regarding fund development in 2017, the Community Foundation has established two new funds and has received 438 gifts totaling $2,169,810. 37% of new donors have come from referrals from current donors. In 2017, the Community Foundation has already made 165 grants totaling $2,050,304 with an average grant size of $12,426.08.

Regarding the donor and advisor services in 2017, the Community Foundation has already had 45 donor and/or prospective donor meetings, three community presentation and five advisor meetings. The Community Foundation has 98 registered advisors and 84 charitable funds on the DonorCentral database. The Community Foundation has had 175 logins already in 2017 and four grant requests processed through the online database. The Community Foundation has received 86 online gifts in 2017, totaling $28,013.32. The most active online fund currently is the Women's Giving Circle.

The CFNCF is seeing great success in their three programs, the Center for Nonprofit Excellence, the Amazing Give and the Women's Giving Circle. In 2017, the Community Foundation had 43 agencies renew/join the CNE generating $23,300 in fees as compared to 42 agencies generating $21,200 in fees for 2016. The CFNCF's second Amazing Give was held this past March 2017. The Community Foundation triple the amount raised and nearly doubled the number of participating organizations. There was a significant increase in the number of events during the 24 hours and the number of social media posts. 75 organizations participated and 4,170 donors gave a total of $851,910. In 2017, Women's Giving Circle raised $89,500 in 2017 and granted $60,000 to four different nonprofit recipients. General grants were awarded to Child Advocacy Center, the Harn Museum of Art partnership with PACE, and the Acorn Clinic.

Regarding community outreach, staff time has been spent reviewing the third quarter reports from the Alachua County School Board, meeting with the Village Counsel and discussing results with representatives of the Mental Wellness Fund. The Community Foundation has been monitoring the progress of the Gainesville Peer Respite Center and are working with them and three other mental health programs to hire one development director to assist the four agencies.