Partnering with Community Foundations.
Partnering with Community Foundations.
Emergency Assistance Foundation has a long history of partnering with Community Foundations to support and simplify their relief fund administration efforts.
Straightforward synergies.
Straightforward synergies.
While there are many possibilities for partnership based on the Community Foundation's unique needs, we often collaborate in one or more of the following ways:
Relief fund
hand-off.
For Community Foundations that do not offer relief fund administration, clients are referred to EAF for this piece. The Community Foundation maintains its client relationships in all other areas, and EAF administers the relief fund without the Community Foundation’s involvement.
Donation
conduit.
Relief fund hand-off occurs, but the Community Foundation remains involved only as a conduit of donations to the fund at EAF. In this case, the Community Foundation accepts the donations and ensures that the fund always has a balance to support six months of expected grants.
Global
Grantmaking.
The Community Foundation self-administers relief funds, but EAF supports the funds' international (non-U.S) grantmaking through our trusted global payment processes and partnerships.
Learning & consultation.
The Community Foundation wants to learn more about disaster and hardship relief fund best practices and/or requests consultation when designing a fund program. The Community Foundation turns to EAF as a relief fund expert.
