The Foundation for Enhancing Communities

“The foundation's internal revenue service (irs) form 990 is sent to the directors and officers electronically prior to sending it to the irs. The foundation's board of directors has delegated to the audit committee the responsibility to review, in detail, the foundation's irs form 990 either before or after filing with the irs.”

“All directors, officers, employees and standing committee members, including regional foundation directors, are required to file annual disclosure statements. Those directors having affiliations with grantee organizations as shown on the current list of conflicts developed from the disclosure statements are noted as abstaining from votes on grants to those organizations. The foundation maintains a chart that includes all affiliations to provide easy access to the information when needed.”

“A consultant prepares a compensation report for the personnel committee. The executive committee prepares an overview of the professional goals for the year. Annual compensation is given based on information in the compensation report and professional goal report.”

“The conflict of interest policy is in the foundation's by-laws at article xiii, in the relationship with applicants section of the employee handbook, and in policy statements adopted by the board of directors. The foundation's governing document, by-laws, articles of incorporation, and policy statements are available upon request from the foundation's president. The foundation distributes an annual report which contains financial information, and its financial statements to donors, fundholders and interested persons.”

“Dillsburg area community foundation franklin county community foundation greater harrisburg community foundation mechanicsburg area community foundation perry county community foundation”

“The foundation for enhancing foundation (tfec) is a community foundation established in 1920. We are the 18th oldest community foundation in the united states. Tfec has 950 funds and serves a geographical area of five and a half counties including, cumberland, dauphin, franklin, lebanon, perry and northern york in the dillsburg area, where all the nonprofits in those counties are eligible to apply for discretionary funding each year. Our donors live across the united states. Tfec has five regional foundations. Each has an advisory committee of local leaders from the regional area represented, who know their community. They are responsible for the establishment of new funds, marketing and educating professional advisors and potential donors of all types about the benefits of investing in their regional foundation through their contacts and leadership. They include: dillsburg area community foundation serves dillsburg area; mechanicsburg area community foundation serves mechanicsburg area zip codes 17055 and 17050; greater harrisburg community foundation serves cumberland, dauphin, franklin, lebanon, perry and dillsburg area; franklin county community foundation serves franklin county; perry county community foundation serves perry county.”

“Tfec serves as the fiscal sponsor for 75 projects. As a fiscal sponsor, tfec performs many internal functions for organizations or individuals who have a charitable purpose and wish to operate as a nonprofit organization. Using a fiscal sponsorship agreement, tfec becomes the fiscal sponsor and, for a fee, spreads the umbrella of its 501 ( c) ( 3) over the activities of the project. Five examples of our projects include: projects: emerging philanthropist program (epp) the emerging philanthropists program (epp) is a partnership between harrisburg young professionals (hyp) and the foundation for enhancing communities. It seeks to engage harrisburg's young adults who are members of hyp and are emerging business and community leaders with the great possibilities that lie within philanthropic endeavors in our region. Epp provides resources and educational opportunities for harrisburg's developing leaders who wish to be actively engaged in giving back to the community. Tfec just graduated it's seventh class and a total of 85 graduates for the past 7 years. Iptt harrisburg peace promenade becoming a project in 2018, the purpose of the project is to lessen the burdens of government by providing conservation, preservation, restoration, and dedication assistance to the care of city and county historic monuments and public arts exhibitions. Their work culminated this year in the design and installation of "meet me at the crossroads" monument commemorating the 150 and 100-year anniversaries of the fifteenth and nineteenth amendments to the u.s. Constitution, respectively. The monument encircles a pedestal that honors the history and passing of the old eighth ward, once the most ethnically diverse section of the city of harrisburg and the heart of the african-american community. Their work also includes educational workshops, performances by living history characters, and scholarly book talks. Pennsylvania cheese guild established in 2015, the charitable purpose of the project is to strengthen the future of the local agricultural industry by introducing students and future cheesemakers to careers based in regional agricultural and/or food production. The group promotes the importance of supporting local production of cheese by educating the general public, highlighting the diverse benefits of this segment of the dairy industry. The pennsylvania cheese guild promotes the highest standards of cheese making and celebrates the diversity of the cheese community in pennsylvania through partnerships, outreach and education. Hershey community garden a single idea, rooted in 2012, from a single hershey company employee, has grown into a collaboration of entities also known as the hershey impact group. They have come together to provide community residents with a place to cultivate both gardens and friendships. This 2 acres garden (including raised beds have been set aside for wheelchair gardeners and those with limited mobility) donate their produce to the hershey food bank, nearby farmer`s market, cocoa packs and for those in need. The hershey community garden offers the community the following health and community benefits: - improve nutrition through better access to fresh vegetables and fruits - support the local food movement - provide an opportunity for stress-relieving physical activity - offer a place for communication across cultures using food as a shared experience and - promote of the role of public health in improving the quality of life in hershey randi's house of angels since 2011, the mission of randi's house of angels is to be a healing place for children who are exposed to and/or are victims of domestic violence. This project offers therapeutic programs for children from 5 to 13 years of age. - randi's kidz club: a ten-week therapeutic group for children, ages 8 to 13 years, who have experienced or have been exposed to domestic violence. This program has been designed to help children cope with feelings and emotions through art th”

“Tfec initiatives: early education initiative tfec's early childhood education initiative broadens community resources by giving children and their families the tools they need to be successful, and builds strong partnerships between the community, early learning providers, and the schools. In 2017, the initiative formed an early childhood advisory committee as part of a multi-year commitment made by the tfec board of directors to improve kindergarten readiness and access to early education services. To be effective and relevant, the committee includes representatives from business and industry, community leaders, school representatives, and early learning providers within tfec's footprint service area. The committee explores the systems, partnerships, and leadership roles that best enhance and strengthen connections focusing on service to children from prenatal to five years of age, which is critical due to the lack of cohesiveness in the early education sector. The three overarching goals for 2019 in alignment with tfec's strategic plan include a more educated and engaged local business community around early education, to raise awareness of the impact of successful transitions through an expansion of our full day transition conference, and to help develop a trauma informed community through resiliency practices. The early education task force consists of experts in the field of early education from each of our five and half county area including experts from the pennsylvania department of education. Management service agreements management service agreements provide tfec the ability to perform many internal backroom functions for independent nonprofit organizations and foundations. The organization remains the legal owner of its financial assets and maintains its own governing body, and tfec provides a selection of services for a fee, according to a management services agreement. Tfec currently provides management services to 16 independent nonprofit organizations and foundations. The transactional services provided in this type of an agreement include: transactional services - establish bank accounts - establish a general ledger - input initial fund balances - establish an investment account(s) - transfer assets into proper investment accounts - accept all donations on behalf of the organization, including cash, checks, credit cards,(client is responsible for having their own credit card processing provider), publicly - traded and closely held securities, real estate, insurance policies, and other nontraditional assets - acknowledge all gifts to donors and provide tax deduction letters - prepare and record all investment pool allocations - calculate fees on all funds - process all grants and scholarships - process all vendor payments - financial reporting create and issue financial reports to the team, board of directors and other designees available reports include: - statements of financial position - statements of activity (actual vs budget) - cash flow forecast - grants paid and payable - pledges received and receivable - gifts received - return earned on the investment - list of all gifts with fund balances - statement of financial position for each fund - schedule of accounts payable - working papers for annual tax return (actual return prepared by organization's cpa firm) audit - work closely with the organization's auditor to provide all information necessary to complete the annual audit budget preparation - work closely with the staff in order to assemble the organization's annual budget payroll - prepare payroll journal entries, governmental reports, and employee deductions for taxes, benefits and savings plans (client is responsible for having own payroll provider.) investments - establish relationships with financial institutions where funds are invested - ensure that all funds are invested properly, according to investment policy guidelines - ensure that all fees charged by investment firms are appropriate - re”

“Paycheck protection program loan forgiven by sba in the current year -272,447.”

“In accordance with reg. 1.170a-9(e)(11) of the internal revenue code, the foundation for enhancing communities (formerly known as the greater harrisburg foundation) (ein 01-0564355) and ghf, inc. (ein 22-2436382) have herein been reported as a single entity. Formerly, ghf, inc., although a component part of the foundation for enhancing communities, had filed separately under its own ein. Effective with the filing of the information return for the year ended december 31, 2000, a single filing is made. Tfec properties, inc. Has no income and no assets.”