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, standing and fund advisory 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 63 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. Three examples of our projects include: projects: heart of lemoyne mural project this project spent 18 months producing a beautiful portrait mural of 400 years of lemoyne's history from a transportation lens and an event lens. Because they painted the mural on a specialty cloth, the project was able to "hang" the mural (like wallpaper) over a one week's time and celebrated with a community dedication and celebration in june of 2017. Thousands of cars pass by the "lemoyne passage" mural every day and community pride is visible whenever the subject of the mural comes up. Farmers market in hershey for the past 7 years, the market supports over 25 local vendors selling locally grown fruits and vegetables, dairy products, meats, baked goods, and other specialty items. It benefits over 50 local small businesses, artisans, and musicians. The market serves over 8,000 people annually and provides over 1,000 free health screenings and education sessions by penn state health milton s. Hershey medical center health professionals. It offers weekly health programming at the market and hands-on activities. Cooking tips and recipes are highlighted for using the fresh produce from the market. The market supports "prescription produce," a program in which penn state college of medicine students coach at risk youth and their families on healthy choices for eating. The market supplies fresh fruits, vegetables, and education to underserved and food insecure populations in our region. It provides a weekly, wholesome family and community gathering featuring music, local musicians, and a breadth of diverse talent. 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.”

“Tfec initiatives: early education initiative the mission of the tfec early education initiative is to cultivate, convene and strengthen community opportunities for growth, safety, and wellness for all children, now and for future generations. The tfec early education initiative is guided by the expertise of the tfec early education advisory committee. 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 include a more educated and engaged local business community around early education, to raise awareness of the importance of school readiness skills along with successful transitions into kindergarten, and to help develop a resilient community through practices such as the basics. The basics strategy is grounded in five proven, science-based principles for early learning and brain development. The early education advisory committee consists of experts in the field of early education from each of our five and half county area including experts from the pennsylvania key, the early learning resource center, and the office of child development and early learning. Management service agreements management service agreements provide the foundation for enhancing communities 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. 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 -rocess 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 -rebalance investment portfolio on a monthly basis -provide monthly investment reports -review all investments quarterly using the expertise of tfec's investment advisory committee planned giving services planned g”

“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.”