All community foundations operate within a broad set of parameters in doing their work. While the “three-legged stool” of endowment building, grant-making, and community leadership are common to all community foundations, each individual foundation decides for itself how to best balance and execute these three functions in a way that meets the needs of the local community.

Impact Strategies has developed a Strategic Impact Model© to guide community foundations as they identify and seek to fulfill their desired role in their local communities. 

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Continuum of catalyst tactics

Catalyst roles

Grantee partnership continuum

Community foundation areas of emphasis