LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — The Community Foundation of the Lake aims to strengthen local nonprofits by assisting in their development. And the foundation is seeking help from the community as it continues to grow.
In September, CFL held a Fundraising Institute with 53 attendees representing local nonprofits. The workshop emphasized how to build sustainable donations verses fundraising efforts that only maintain day-to-day operations and programs.
In November CFL held another workshop focused on “Board Training.” The goal of this four hour workshop was to assist current board members of the local nonprofits on:
- the responsibilities of serving as a member and how to recruit effective, new board members
- how to set and accomplish program goals
- how to ask for financial support
- how to raise program awareness.
Another major goal of the Community Foundation of the Lake is give grants to local not-for-profits to help them meet the needs of the people they serve. To accomplish that goal, the organization is asking the community to help boost its Capacity Fund. One-hundred percent of the Community Foundation’s Capacity Fund is used to fund charities in the Lake area. The foundation expects to receive more than 20 grant applications in the upcoming year that represent a variety of needs.
For example, Share the Harvest has for the past several years had a goal to provide laundry detergent to the families served by the nonprofit. But CFL says there is not a single grant in the country that could meet that need.
Online donations can be made at www.communityfoundationofthelake.com. (Where it asks for “Gift Designation” select “other.” In the box “Other Designation” type "Community Foundation of the Lake.")
