http://www2.guidestar.org/rxg/news/webinars/webinar-archive.aspx

1. Blue Grass Community Foundation and
Knight Foundation:
A Partnership Advancing an
Informed, Engaged Community
October 18, 2011

2. Today’s presenters:
Bahia Ramos-Synnott
Director, Community Foundations
Knight Foundation
Lisa Adkins
President and CEO
Blue Grass Community Foundation
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3. Robust Communities
Knight Communities
DonorEdge
Learning Community
3

4. DonorEdge Learning Community
4

5. Community Foundation
Leadership & Information Needs
• Enhancing
• Amplifying
• Generating
• Developing
• Facilitating
5

6. Communities Are Better Informed And Engaged
• What Knight
supports
• Effective
Models
• Improved
Information
Ecosystems
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7. Background and Goals
• Maximize Community Impact
• Build Brand Identity
• Grow The Foundation

8. Strategy
• Create a More Informed and Engaged
Community
• Create a More Charitable Community
• Promote Transparency and
Accountability
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12. Practicalities
• Staffing
• Budget
• Local Funder Partnerships
• Business Planning with GuideStar
• Alignment with Knight
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13. An Innovative New Partnership

16. CONTRIBUTIONS
Goal 2012
$10,000,000
$9,539,833
$5,835,676
Goal
$4,500,000
$3,261,586
$2,347,302
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

17. Call to Action and Next Steps:
• Determining opportunity
• Donor-advised funding support from Knight
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18. Q&A Session
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19. Thank You!
GuideStar contact info:
• Lisa Marston, lisa.marston@guidestar.org
757.903.1387
• Dan Moore, dmoore@guidestar.org
202.360.9012
To learn more about the DonorEdge Learning
community click here.
@BGCF, @GuideStarUSA, @knightfdn, #donoredge