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Types of Foundations
STEP TWO took you through the logic and strategy of developing relationships with funders. This resource provides you with a brief “101” on the various types of foundations:
 
Community foundation. A community foundation is a tax-exempt, nonprofit, autonomous, publicly supported, nonsectarian philanthropic institution with a long-term goal of building permanent, named component funds, established by many separate donors, for the broad-based charitable benefit of the residents of a defined geographic area, typically no larger than a state.
 
Corporate foundation. Also referred to as a company-sponsored foundation, a corporate foundation is established by a corporation but tends to operate separately from the ...

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