MCF's Blog

Camille joined MCF last week as Director of Donor & Giving Partner Engagement. She will be working with individuals, nonprofits and our giving partners as part of the donor engagement team.

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Nonprofit leaders in Madison have a bounty of knowledge locked in their heads. But how does that knowledge get shared, and with whom? MCF recently engaged in a multi-year research project with UW-Madison Extension Dane County to explore the availability of resources needed to sustain a thriving nonprofit ecosystem in Dane County.

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When Cliff Voegeli passed away in 2020, he left a permanent legacy of support for Sharing Active Independent Lives (SAIL). After volunteering with SAIL during his retirement, Cliff became passionate about the organization's work helping seniors age in place. He wanted to ensure SAIL could continue to provide support in the community for years to come.

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When fundholders establish an endowment at Madison Community Foundation (MCF), they do so because they want to create a permanent legacy; they are investing for future generations. To make this happen for the nearly 1,200 funds we steward, MCF operates under significantly different investment conditions than individual investors.

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The Greater Madison Nonprofit Directory serves as a single platform for information about the thousands of nonprofits in our area, including more than 3,000 501(c)3 organizations in Madison alone. It also is the most visited page on our website, and is free for anyone to use. Madison Community Foundations (MCF) hosts the Directory as one way to help encourage transparency in the nonprofit field.

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Andy Davey shares how MCF's environmental grantmaking supports youth education in land stewardship and land access for Hmong farmers.

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Andy Davey shares how MCF's environmental grants are having an impact on the community.

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