Board Manual

Table of Contents

      Trustee Responsibility

      Board Roster 
         (Contact information available online under "Board & Staff Login")

      Board Classes

      Committee Assignments

      Committee Descriptions

      Job Descriptions (Officers and Committee Chairs)

2.  Board Agendas and Minutes 
      (Available online under "Board & Staff Login")

3.  Who are we?

      Definition of a community foundation?

      History of VCF and the Alliance

      By-Laws of VCF

      Articles and By-Laws of the Alliance

4.  Mission and Vision Planning

      Mission statement

      Strategic Plan

      Asset Development Plan 

      Women's Fund Initiative

      USI Study on Poverty (commissioned by VCF)

      SRD extended through 2010 
         (Plan and Reports under "Board & Staff Login")

5.   Policies

      Policy on potential conflicts of interest

      Policy on Confidentiality

      Policy for Community Scholarship Selection Process

      Intermediate Sanctions

      Policy on Relationship between CFA and local foundations

      Ethical and Operational Standards for Community Foundations

      Council on Foundations
         Principles and Practices for Effective Grantmaking

6.   Financial and Fund Information

      Overview of Investment Policy

      Explanation of different types of funds

      List of VCF funds

      Policy on Administrative fees

      Policy on Investments

      2009 Annual Audit for the Alliance

      VCF Operating Budget (provided at each board meeting)