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For more than 30 years, The Community Foundation and our donors have demonstrated a deep commitment to our diverse communities. Going forward, working together we can bring positive change to the most difficult issues facing our region today.
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Emergency Preparedness How effectively did we respond to 9/11? How can we better prepare our organizations and our sector to play a leadership role in a future disaster? These were the questions posed by The Community Foundation when it convened leaders from the nonprofit and philanthropic sectors in the fall of 2002. Supported by probono assistance from McKinsey & Company, the group worked for a year to draw on the lessons learned from Washington, DC as well as New York City and Oklahoma City. They developed plans for a larger and more coordinated response and launched the Greater Washington Task Force on Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness. The Task Force released two reports, providing recommendations (link to pdf) for the Washington region as well as a “blueprint” (link to pdf) for communities across the country to use in their planning efforts. Since 2003, the Task Force has worked to implement the recommendations under the leadership of the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington. Partnerships have been established with the business sector as well as with the Department of Homeland Security, local governments and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. Currently, the Task Force and members of the Nonprofit Roundtable are working with Deloitte on a year-long planning effort to create a strategic plan for the sector on preparedness and long-term recovery. Link to Learn More
Blueprint for Emergency Preparedness by Nonprofits, 2003 In 2005, the Task Force released “Working Together When the Worst Happens: Nonprofit Emergency Preparedness in the National Capital Region. The report describes the progress achieved by the nonprofit sector in strengthening its capacity, and provides tools for leaders and organizations to use in the event of a disaster. Principles of Transparency for Financial Donations Management
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