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See how you can select a peer group using over 80 different criteria and view reports on data in several important content areas.

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Creating Peer Groups and Benchmarking Reports
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Data We Collect
Data We Collect

Data Collected by CF Insights

All data collected by CF Insights is available to members as criteria with which to build peer groups and as the basis for over 60 on-demand reports.

Foundation Basics:

  • Fiscal Year End Date
  • Year Foundation Created
  • Staffing by Function
  • Strategic Operating Priorities
  • Affiliations with Other Foundations
  • Software Type Used
  • Engagement in the Following Areas:
    • Community Leadership
    • Fiscal Sponsorship/Fundraising
    • Fundraising for Operations
    • Nonprofit Resource Center
    • Services to Private Foundations
    • Special Initiatives

Geographic:

  • Urban vs. Rural
  • Population of Area Served
  • Geographic Area Served
  • State
  • Region

Assets and Funds:

  • Total Assets
  • Total Assets by Product Type
  • Total Number of Foundation Funds
  • Total Number of DAFs
  • Total Number of Funds Held at SOs
  • Total Number of SOs
  • Operating Endowment and Reserves

 

Expenses:

  • Total Operating Expenses
  • Special Initiative Operations Expenses
  • Operating Expenses as Percent of Assets

Contributions:

  • Total Foundation Contributions - $ and #
  • Total Contributions to DAFs - $ and #
  • Total Contributions to SOs - $ and #

Grants:

  • Total Foundation Grants - $ and #
  • Total Grants from DAFs - $ and #
  • Total Grants from SOs - $ and #

Activity-Based Costing Results:

  • Contributions/Subsidies by Product - $
  • Total Cost by Product - $
  • Total Cost by Activity Type - $

Administrative Fee Schedules:

CF Insights collects the following fee information by specific product and fund type.

  • Total Fees
  • Minimum Fees
  • Minimum Fund Balance

Investment Data from the COF Investment Survey:

The Council on Foundations provides CF Insights with the results of their annual and quarterly investment surveys.

  • Annualized Returns
  • Overall Allocation
  • Equity Allocation
  • Fixed Income Allocation
  • Alternate Allocation

Contact info@cfinsights.org for more information.

Benchmarking & Custom Reports

CF Insights houses data from 500 community foundations in the US, with 240 of these actively contributing data at the close of their Fiscal Year End. Interactive resources enable you to compare yourself to a set of peers you can identify using over 60 different criteria.

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Over 80 Reports at Your Fingertips

Drawing upon this data and other sources such as the COF Investment Survey or Activity Based Costing analyses, CF Insights offers over 80 on-demand reports in the following areas:

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Custom Reports

Working collaboratively with the CF Insights team, select a custom set of peers and explore common performance and operating model metrics.

Peer Selection Tool
Peer Selection Tool
Peer Selection Tool
Reports Available
Reports Available
 
Peer Selection Tool
Peer Selection Tool
Peer Selection Tool
Reports Available
Reports Available
 

Data We Collect

All data collected by CF Insights can be used by members to build peer groups and inform over 60 on-demand reports.

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