About National Community Foundation
To support the national philanthropic community by enabling charitable planning and acceptance of non-cash gifts, providing trustee and planned-giving services, making grants to charities, and offering education and advice to donors and nonprofit advisors.
Focus Areas
Planned givingNon-cash asset gifts (real property, personal property, business interests, securities, oil & gas interests)Donor advised fundsCharitable lead and remainder trustsTrustee servicesGrantmakingEducation and training for charities
Funding Style
unrestricted/core supportoperating supportflexible/general fundingnon-thematic funding
About National Community Foundation
National Community Foundation’s recent giving is marked by a very large general-support grant of $2,070,139 to Hm2 Buck Foundation for Hope Inc in Annapolis, Maryland. That scale sits alongside a wider pattern of flexible support for charities, churches, universities, and community organizations. The foundation’s grants are described as supporting operating and fundraising needs as well as charitable purposes, which fits its broader role in planned giving, donor-advised fund services, and acceptance of non-cash assets. In the recent grants list, the foundation also backed Serving Orphans and Widows Ministries in Chula Vista, California with $100,000 in 2024 and another $50,000 in 2025. Other recipients include William Jessup University in Rocklin, California, First Baptist Church of Auburn in Auburn, California, and Crossroads Evangelical Church in Wauseon, Ohio. The mix shows a funder that channels charitable assets through general support rather than narrow project grants, with giving that reaches religious, educational, and community-serving organizations across the country.
What National Community Foundation Funds
A clear theme is support for faith-based organizations. The foundation gave $100,000 to First Baptist Church of Auburn in 2025 and $82,000 to Crossroads Evangelical Church in Wauseon, Ohio in 2024, both as general support. It also granted $20,000 to Calvary Presbyterian Church in San Francisco in 2023. Education appears as another recurring area. National Community Foundation awarded $100,000 to William Jessup University in Rocklin, California in 2023 and $25,000 to Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 2024, both for general support. The foundation also supports service-oriented nonprofits. It gave $47,548 to Dare 2 Share in Arvada, Colorado in 2024 and $25,000 to Redwood Teen Challenge in Eureka, California in 2024. These grants suggest a broad charitable portfolio rather than a single thematic program.
How National Community Foundation Gives
Typical awards are clustered near a modest middle: the 25th percentile is $10,000, the median is $11,000, and the 75th percentile is $46,494. The recent list also includes a few much larger outliers, which shows that the foundation can make both routine and major general-support grants. Recipients appear across multiple years, including Serving Orphans and Widows Ministries, First Baptist Church of Auburn, Crossroads Evangelical Church, Pamoja United, and French American International School. The foundation’s structure centers on charitable asset facilitation, planned giving, donor-advised fund administration, trustee services, and grantmaking. It does not accept unsolicited grants through the active programs described.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$1M
Total Assets
$6.4M
Total Revenue
$929K
Total Expenses
$1.3M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $10K and $46K, with a median of $11K.
25th Percentile
$10K
Median
$11K
75th Percentile
$46K
Geographic Reach
National12 states funded
About 2% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
BRUCE BIGELOW
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