About CommunityGiving

About CommunityGiving

Connecting the local causes.

Together we unite foundations in Alexandria, Brainerd, Carver County, the greater St. Cloud area, Willmar and beyond under a single framework to create efficiencies that maximize the impact of our donors.

Here's How We Do It

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From our headquarters in St. Cloud, we provide centralized services and specialized expertise for our partner Community Foundations, allowing them to better serve their respective communities.

Our dedicated board and staff work closely with a network of volunteers, donors, nonprofits and professional advisors from across the communities we serve to create opportunities for lasting impact. These opportunities include:

  • Helping donors make a greater impact by setting up and managing charitable funds that support their personal passions and philanthropic goals.
  • Offering a single hub for local charitable donations.
  • Working with each Foundation to award grants supporting projects that will offer real benefits to the communities.
  • Promoting the ongoing activities, opportunities and successes of the Foundations in ways that attract new donors and partners.
  • Engaging today’s leaders and influencers across our communities while developing dynamic and effective ways to support the next generation.

Consulting Group

Through the CommunityGiving Consulting Group, we offer the expertise of experienced Community Foundation professionals to local community foundations to help them reach their full philanthropic potential. Our team of consultants have years of experience in the field and are committed to helping community foundations grow and prosper.

Who We Are

Our mission is to strengthen local communities by empowering community foundations.

We Believe In...

  • Capturing and preserving the legacy of our donors … Forever
  • Our duty to provide unparalleled, personalized service to our donors
  • Inspiring philanthropy across generations
  • Utilizing financial resources as a tool to bring about lasting, positive change
  • Our responsibility to serve as a trusted local leader and community catalyst, building connections between people who share a common geography
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Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging

CommunityGiving commits to examining and supporting opportunities to empower communities to repair, heal, and renew so that we may be places where diversity thrives, inclusion and belonging is the norm, and equity in all its forms is the outcome. We will work to promote and welcome diversity and embrace change to create an equitable future for everyone.

CommunityGiving will strive to be a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace/organization where all employees and volunteers feel valued and respected.

We are committed to serving our employees, volunteers, communities, and nonprofit partners by identifying, acknowledging, and dismantling inequities within our policies, programs, and practices, and committing time and resources to expand more diverse leadership within our board, staff, and committees.

We believe equity means that all people, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion, health, ability status, or any other consideration, have equal dignity, value, and opportunity to participate justly, fairly, and fully in all dimensions of civic, community and economic life.

CommunityGiving will use our power to dismantle barriers that impede equitable opportunity within our organization and within the communities we serve. We will seek to reflect the communities we serve, lift the values and voices of equity and justice in everything we do, and aspire to see and create a better future for all.

We Value...

Community

We bring people together to leave our world better than we found it. Everyone is welcome at the Community Foundation table.

Integrity

We recognize that our assets are our people, capital and reputation. If any of these is ever diminished, the last is the most difficult to restore.

Commitment

We possess an authentic and genuine dedication to the communities and people we serve.

Innovation

We are committed to being flexible and improving what we do and how we do it, each and every day.

Optimism

We have a “can-do” attitude that inspires creative solutions.

Diversity

We integrate the diversity of our local communities in our discussions and actions.

Generosity

We nurture a "pay-it-forward" approach that supports community-based philanthropy to grow and serve local communities.