Guiding Principles

Key principles that guide the Foundation’s activities include the following:

Give priority to efforts focusing on the least advantaged
Operate in ways that are open and transparent
Be goal-oriented and research-based
Seek out or initiate high impact funding strategies, while continuing to be responsive to nonprofit and community needs
Be flexible, responsive and open
Take advantage of opportunities to make a difference
Leverage resources in the community
Promote collaboration and be collaborative
Exercise leadership in fostering collaboration, building nonprofit capacity, and developing new solutions to community challenges
Seek opportunities to partner with community leaders and other foundations to combine and focus funding for increased impact
Demonstrate respect for the nonprofit community
Seek to measure and evaluate grants in order to understand their impact and learn from efforts over time