Talk:Introduction to different kinds of granting foundations

Community Foundations
Most every major city and/or metropolitan area has what is known as a

community trust or community foundation- like in Chicago, the Chicago

Community Trust. They often fund a much more diverse range of community

activities, and almost always have some very specific funding available for

organizational development and strategic planning. They also often have a

program known as donor-advised funds, where a donor makes a gift to

the community trust and is able to define the purpose of the fund and

offer non-binding advice to the trust as to which proposals against

the fund to approve or reject. Donor-advised funds are often used by

donors who do not want to take on the full burden of managing a

private foundation or endowment.