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Growing Smarter: Achieving Sustainability in Emerging Community Foundations

Eva Nico, Rebecca Graves, Tracy Foster, Fay Hanleybrown
It's a striking paradox: as community foundations grow their assets, their sustainability is often threatened. This report, written by FSG Social Impact Advisors and sponsored by The James Irvine Foundation, is based on research with growing and community foundations. Community foundations of virtually any size will find valuable information, case studies and economic models. An executive summary and discussion guide are also available as separate files for easy distribution. A board presentation introduces core concepts of the report.
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Expanding Research and Analysis for Community Foundations - A Field-Wide Study

A 2005 study by FSG, sponsored by the Community Foundations Leadership Team of the Council on Foundations, that assesses the field's interest in new ways to look at community foundation finances and operations.
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Strengthening Community Foundations

John Kania
A 2003 background piece on FSG's research into the sustainability of community foundations.
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Paying the Price of Innovation

Mark Kramer and John Kania
The explosion of new donor services has increased the cost structure of community foundations. A better matching of revenues to costs is the only sustainable solution.
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A Different View on Community Funds

Mark Kramer
This letter to the editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy disputes the contention that community foundations can not be both community-focused and donor-focused.
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Measuring Success in Donor Development

Rebecca Graves and Owen Stearns
This article argues that per capita giving levels offer a powerful window into the success of foundation and donor development strategies.
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Strengthening Community Foundations - Redefining the Opportunities

A 2003 white paper reviewing the economic sustainability of community foundations based on our detailed analysis of nine community foundations.
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Becoming the Community's Foundation - Insight and Change in New Haven

John Kania and Matthew Clark
How the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven created a new approach to donor development.
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