Philanthropic Advisory Services
Let your clients focus on the spirit of their giving...and leave the "nuts and bolts" to us!
With our 35 years as the Washington region’s center for philanthropic excellence, in-depth knowledge of issues affecting area residents and of the hundreds of local nonprofit organizations in the area, who better to assist you and your clients make their grantmaking goals a success?
The Community Foundation’s Philanthropic Advisory Services helps individuals, families, corporate and employee giving programs, private foundations, and community and collaborative funds map out their philanthropic vision and giving goals, design grantmaking initiatives, create effective ways to distribute resources, evaluate giving programs, and learn to become engaged partners in improving the quality of life in our region.
Our carefully chosen, professionally and culturally competent staff and consultants bring expertise about diverse communities across a variety of issues that your clients care about, including the arts, education, environment, health, historic preservation, homelessness, housing, employment, violence prevention, and youth development.
Our Services
We provide customized support to our consulting clients. Following are a few of the ways in which we can support your clients' giving:
Clarify priority issues and goals
Fine-tune giving to be more strategic and effective
Manage grantmaking – developing guidelines and finding and assessing applicants to recommending and evaluating grants
Design ways to engage a group of individuals with distinct perspectives and interests and support their decision making
Research issues and develop issues briefings
Arrange community tours and other learning opportunities
Communicate your success externally
Rates for Philanthropic Advisory Services are competitive.
Client Profile: Starbucks Memorial Fund
Long-time Washington area residents remember the tragic evening in the summer of 1997 when three Starbucks employees were killed at Starbuck’s upper-Georgetown location. Soon after, the Starbucks Coffee Company established the Starbucks Memorial Fund to support violence prevention and assistance for victims of violence. The Seattle-based company turned to The Community Foundation to manage and administer the Memorial Fund. One Starbucks-funded initiative, the DC Children’s Advocacy Center’s “Safe Shores” program, has helped more than 1,000 child victims of and witnesses to violence.
“Our partnership with The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region allows Starbucks to be confident that our funding is being used to greatest impact in local communities,” attests Lauren Moore, Starbucks’ Director of Giving and Community Affairs. “We know that by leveraging The Community Foundation’s expertise and experience, we can make a greater difference in addressing the issues of victims of violence and violence prevention in the region.”
For More Information
Kristin L. Scotchmer
Director, Philanthopic Advisory Services
(202) 263-4769
kscotchmer@cfncr.org
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