Fund Management, Structure and Governance

Implementing a Structure

Once you've explored and chosen a rural service and coverage structure, the real work is just beginning! Below, you'll find links to a few of the key strategic implementation issues covered at the January 2002 Peer-exchange Workshop entitled Covering Rural Territory.

ROLES & RULES

Key Questions:

How and why does a community foundation establish a set of operating principles, guidelines and rules for its rural divisions or funds?
How does the central foundation and its local/rural divisions or funds relate to each other—operationally, culturally, legally?
How does one ensure that each feels it is part of the same foundation "community"?

Workshop Presentations 1|2

PAYING
FOR IT

Key Questions:

What kinds and amounts of financial and staff resources does it take for a community foundation to serve underserved rural areas?
How are community foundations and rural donors and funds generating or raising revenues, endowed funds or other resources to support the expense of covering rural areas?

Workshop Presentations 1

RURAL MARKETING
& PUBLICITY

Key Questions:

How are central community foundations marketing philanthropy and the community foundation concept to rural leaders in remote and underserved rural areas?
How is marketing being used to increase rural understanding and involvement in community foundation activities?
How are community foundations branding themselves to gain competitive advantage?

Workshop Presentations 1|2

Building rural assets to build rural livelihoods

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