Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Inspired Giving - Close to Home and Around the World
Mission
The mission of Rancho Santa Fe Foundation is to connect donors with regional and global needs through visionary community leadership, personalized service and effective grantmaking.
Ruling year
1982
President & CEO
Mr. Chris Sichel
Main address
P.O. Box 811
Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 USA
Formerly known as
Rancho Santa Fe Community Foundation
EIN
95-3709639
NTEE code
Community Foundations (T31)
IRS filing requirement
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Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Grant making
The purpose of the Foundation is to accept charitable gifts to be applied in various ways to the permanent endowment. These gifts are invested and administered by the Investment Committee of the Board of Directors and grants are made semi-annually to worthy non-profit organizations in our community. In 2001, 119 grants totaling $2.6 million were made from the endowment.
Where we work
Accreditations
Council on Foundations National Standards 2013
Affiliations & memberships
Association of Fundraising Professionals - Member 2015
Council on Foundations - Member 2015
External reviews
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of donor-advised funds
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of endowments
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total dollar amount of grants awarded
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Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of grants awarded
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The RSF Foundation is a community foundation that aims to provide philanthropic resources to assist donors in increasing the impact of their charitable giving.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
As a community foundation, RSF Foundation is uniquely positioned with expertise in local and regional community issues. We offer programs for collective grantmaking to enable donors to make more of an impact together than most could do alone. We also provide donor advised funds, legacy funds for planned giving, nonprofit endowment funds and trustworthy advice for charitable giving opportunities.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have a board of directors with professional financial and philanthropic expertise, senior staff with decades of experience in nonprofit and philanthropic fields, and current technology systems to support donor needs.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
RSF Foundation is a recognized community leader for grants supporting military and veteran serving nonprofits and collaborative Community Impact Fund grants. Donors value the board and staff expertise for stewardship of their charitable funds and trustworthy, personalized advice for strategic philanthropy.
Financials
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Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
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Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Board of directorsas of 03/27/2023
Mr. Ed Blodgett
Ed Blodgett
Thomas Buchholz
Elaine Dodge
Mike Gregoire
Ken Little
Matt Miller
Richard Montano
Denise Stillinger
Michael Dyer
Robert Hill
Linda Kitchens
Barbara Kyrillos
Tracy Mitchell
Rick Norling
Michael Schumacher
Paul Thiel
Carl Wiese
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
Organizational demographics
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Leadership
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