People

This committee is the Foundation’s backbone. Members oversee BCF programs, including community grants, leadership circles, community assessments, capacity building for community organizations, sector, and community meetings. Committee Members are encouraged to have or be willing to learn about the following areas:

• Understand and assess community needs and priorities
• Innovative ways that community foundations can address community priorities
• Evaluate and adjudicate grant requests within policy and strategy parameters
• Assess outcomes and impact, celebrate recipients

Advises the Board on all matters relating to BCCF’s financial planning and reporting, audit, tax and compliance, internal controls, treasury, investments, and risk management. Committee Members are encouraged to have or be willing to learn about the following areas:

• Financial, audit and investment strategy, policy and oversight
• All restricted funds are managed as per agreements
• Oversight of internal financial performance, Audit, and CRA and Societies requirement

Advises the Board on matters relating to BCF’s fundraising, gift acceptance and donor relationship building and stewardship. Provides oversight of communications and engagement activities. Committee Members are encouraged to have or be willing to learn about the following areas:

• Fund Development and Communications strategies, policies, and oversight
• Fund Development and Communications Plans and products
• Identifying, recruiting, and celebrating donors
• Engaging board in fund development

Advises the Board on matters relating to BCF’s governance, structure, by-laws, policies and processes. Provides oversight of Human Resource Policy, Procedure and Executive Director Recruitment and Performance Evaluation. Committee Members are encouraged to have or be willing to learn about the following areas:

• BCF strategy, policies, and bylaws
• Executive director job description, recruitment, contract, and evaluation
• Selection, orientation, management and evaluation of Board Directors
• Directors’ professional development and succession plan
• HR strategy, policy, and oversight
• Risk Management Plan