The purpose of the Tustin Community Foundation is to promote and advance philanthropy in the greater Tustin area. By partnering with its donors, the foundation supports nonprofit organizations and public institutions that effectively address community needs.

~ Tustin Community Foundation is a 501c(3) Organization ~
Tax ID #33-0558228
 

What is a Community Foundation?

The League of California Community Foundations offers this simple definition: A community foundation is a publicly supported philanthropic institution governed by a board of private citizens chosen to be representative of the public interest and for their knowledge of the community. It administers individual funds contributed or bequeathed to it by individuals, other agencies, governments, corporations and other sources.  The Tustin Community Foundation is not funded by the City of Tustin.
 

Who does a Community Foundation Serve?

Community foundations uniquely serve three publics: donors, the nonprofit sector and the community as a whole. Individual community foundations may focus to some extent on one of these publics over the other two (leading to considerable diversity in the field) but by structure and by regulation the community foundation must always serve all three. League of California Community Foundations
 

Guiding Principles of TCF

• Strategic leveraging of public and private resources

• Financial transparency and accountability of outcome measurements

• Creation of a strategic approach to meeting critical community needs

• Sustainability of goals through multi-year funding and the leveraging of in-kind gifts

• Creation of relationships that encourage partnerships between nonprofit organizations and local businesses and corporations

• Promotion of volunteerism to increase the capacity of nonprofit partners

• Equity in the geographic distribution of resources

• Prioritization of funding to organizations that strategically focuses on positive change and improvement