Blue Grass Community Foundation and Knight Foundation:

A Partnership Advancing an Informed, Engaged Community

October 18, 2011

Today’s presenters:

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Bahia Ramos-SynnottDirector, Community Foundations Knight Foundation

Lisa AdkinsPresident and CEOBlue Grass Community Foundation

Robust Communities

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Knight Communities

DonorEdge Learning Community

DonorEdge Learning Community

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Community Foundation Leadership & Information Needs

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• Enhancing

• Amplifying

• Generating

• Developing

• Facilitating

Communities Are Better Informed And Engaged

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• What Knight supports

• Effective Models

• Improved Information Ecosystems

• Maximize Community Impact

• Build Brand Identity

• Grow The Foundation

Background and Goals

Strategy

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• Create a More Informed and Engaged Community

• Create a More Charitable Community• Promote Transparency and

Accountability

Practicalities

• Staffing

• Budget

• Local Funder Partnerships

• Business Planning with GuideStar

• Alignment with Knight

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An Innovative New Partnership

2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

$5,835,676

$3,261,586

$2,347,302

$9,539,833

Goal$4,500,000

Goal 2012 $10,000,000

CONTRIBUTIONS

Call to Action and Next Steps:

• Determining opportunity

• Donor-advised funding support from Knight

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Q&A Session

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Thank You!

@BGCF, @GuideStarUSA, @knightfdn, #donoredge

GuideStar contact info:• Lisa Marston, lisa.marston@guidestar.org

757.903.1387• Dan Moore, dmoore@guidestar.org

202.360.9012

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