About the Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN)
Purpose
The Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN) provides a platform for the exchange of experience and expertise among community foundations on both sides of the Atlantic. It seeks to identify good practice and share it with emerging and existing community foundations. In addition, its goal is to foster the development of this form of philanthropy in counties where the concept is still new.
History
In response to the growing interest in community foundations, the Bertelsmann Foundation with support and advice of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation created the Network in 1999.
During its first years of operation, TCFN evolved into a sophisticated and flexible mechanism that enables community foundation practitioners to pool their intellectual and experiential resources, to articulate institutional performance benchmarks against which to measure progress, and to devise innovative methods that encourage the building of community-based philanthropy.
How to Join
Frequently Asked Questions
- Q. Who do you serve?
- A. Through its publications, website, downloadable media files, and blog, TCFN offers valuable information to those interested in the work of community foundations. The Network’s peer exchange, plenary, and other direct services are provided to its participants, who are practitioners, leaders, and researchers in community foundation work.
- Q. What geographic area do you serve?
- A. TCFN consists of participants from Europe and North America. List of current participants
- Q. Where are you located?
- A. The Network is hosted and managed by Community Foundations of Canada, which is based in Ottawa, Canada.
- Q. How can I join TCFN?
- A. There is a TCFN Expansion Advisory Group, which guides the work and engagement of the Network. If you would like the become involved with TCFN you may submit articles to the TCFN Newsletter, participate in dialogue on the blog, or submit your research on community foundation work to areaves@cfc-fcc.ca.
- Q. Does the Network provide grants for direct funding?
- A. TCFN is not a grant-maker and does not provide funding. For a list of community foundations, please review the following:
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