Administrative Services

The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation provides all of its funds with a wide and flexible variety of administrative services. Although services may vary depending on the requirements of donors and fund structure, some of the ordinary services include:

  • Immediate gift processing, including transfers of securities, and issuance of all appropriate acknowledgements establishing deductibility.

  • Comprehensive fund accounting and periodic donor reports for endowed and non-endowed funds.

  • Receipt and processing of all grant proposals including due diligence, program and financial (budget) evaluation, agreements, and post-grant accountability.

  • For donor-advised funds, processing of all donor recommendations including the above activities as necessary to insure compliance with IRS regulations.

  • Preparation of and issuance of grant disbursements.

  • For scholarship funds, review of student applications relative to fund criteria; coordination with recipient institution to insure student compliance; oversight of on-going student compliance with scholarship requirements; etc.

  • Preparation of all forms required for IRS compliance.

  • All funds within the Community Foundation are audited under the Foundation's annual audit.

  • For trusteed charitable remainder trusts, etc., the Community Foundation prepares all relevant IRS reporting and tax forms, distributes beneficiary payments as agreed, etc.

Additional services are available as agreed upon with the donor and the Community Foundation.


Donor-Advisor Recommendation Form

A donor-advisor recommendation form is available for download here.


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Donor-Advised Recommendation Form
The Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation
324 3rd Street SE • Cedar Rapids, IA 52401
Phone: (319) 366-2862 • FAX: (319) 366-2912