Community Support Services

Community Support Services

The goal of the Community Support Services (CSS) program is to build capacity and promote collaboration among the local
nonprofit community by optimizing back-office support operations and creating efficiencies through shared staff and
administrative functions, thus strengthening the missions of the local nonprofit sector to help improve the quality of life for
the local area.

For the past five years we have successfully served a broad selection of organizations, providing a wide range of services to
meet a wide range of needs. Over the years, we have provided a significant amount of resources to help others advance their
missions.

In January 2010, the foundation was selected by the Council on Foundations, in Washington D.C., to receive their national
Critical Impact Award, which honors grant makers who have supported innovative leadership, bold visions, and significant
impact in advancing the common good through effective grant making, which can serve as a model for others in
philanthropy. The Council on Foundations, formed in 1949, is a nonprofit membership association of grant making
foundations and corporations. Members of the Council include approximately 2,000 independent, operating, community,
public, and company-sponsored foundations and corporate giving programs in the United States and abroad. The assets of
Council members total more than $307 billion. The Council’s mission is to provide the opportunity, leadership, and tools
needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, enhance, and sustain their ability to advance the common good.

NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERS:

We have served and continue to serve a wide variety of nonprofits, foundations, and local projects that are all working to
improve the quality of life in our local community.

• Ahrens Park Foundation

• Greater Poweshiek Community Foundation

Pass Thru Community Capital Campaign Drives:

                   Drake Community Library
                   Grinnell High School fine arts and athletic expansion
                   Grinnell Mutual Aquatic Center

Community Nonprofit Organizations:

                   CLIK (Communities for Literate Iowa Kids) + 3 project funds
                   Grinnell-Newburg Dollars for Scholars + 13 funds + endowment fund
                   Grinnell-Newburg Educational Excellence + endowment fund
                   Imagine Grinnell + 13 project funds + endowment fund

Individual Fund Community Nonprofit Organizations:

                   Community Education Council
                   Grinnell-Newburg Alumni Association
                   Iowa Transportation Museum endowment
                   Kids Against Hunger
                   Poweshiek County Empowerment

24 Other Miscellaneous Funds:

                   Family Medical Needs Funds
                   Field of Interest Funds
                   Scholarship Funds

•        St. Francis Manor Foundation

OUR SERVICES:

We provide consulting, assistance, and training in the following areas:

1.        Administration Support

a.        Clerical Staff.
b.        Marketing Assistance.
c.        Mailing Assistance.
d.        Website Assistance.
e.        Policies & Procedures.
f.         Physical Space.

2.        Human Resources

a.        Personnel Policies.
b.        Employment Policies.
           *         Performance Management
           *         Hiring/Termination
           *         Discipline
c.        Payroll & Related Payroll Taxes & Returns.
d.        Benefits Administration.

3.        Finance & Accounting

a.        Budgets.
b.        General Accounting Services.
c.        Monitoring & Analysis.
d.        Expense Management.
e.        Financial Statements.

4.        Risk Management

COMMUNITY SOCIAL INVESTMENTS:

•        Strand Theatre, L.L.C.

•        West Broad Investors, L.L.C.