Pacific Community Foundation: Community Engagement Survey Question Title * 1. How did you become acquainted with the Pacific Community Foundation? (Check all that may apply). Through a PCF Board member whom I know Through a non-profit organization in our community Through the PCF grant catalog process Through social media Through the local newspaper Other (please specify) Question Title * 2. The mission of the Pacific Community Foundation (PCF) is to “Provide opportunities to grow and sustain our communities through local giving.” This means that we want to be creative in working with our neighbors and other non-profits to make our communities better places for everyone. From your perspective, rank the three most important ways that PCF should accomplish this (beginning with “1” being the most important) 1 PCF should focus on raising money and providing grants directly to worthy community causesMove up PCF should focus on raising money and providing grants directly to worthy community causesMove down PCF should focus on raising money and providing grants directly to worthy community causes2 PCF should emphasize helping individuals in our community determine where and how best to donate to charitable causes. Move up PCF should emphasize helping individuals in our community determine where and how best to donate to charitable causes. Move down PCF should emphasize helping individuals in our community determine where and how best to donate to charitable causes. 3 PCF should focus raising money for specific causes directly identified by the community.Move up PCF should focus raising money for specific causes directly identified by the community.Move down PCF should focus raising money for specific causes directly identified by the community.4 PCF should focus on providing education and capacity-building assistance for community organizationsMove up PCF should focus on providing education and capacity-building assistance for community organizationsMove down PCF should focus on providing education and capacity-building assistance for community organizations5 PCF should help the community organize groups to tackle important issues.Move up PCF should help the community organize groups to tackle important issues.Move down PCF should help the community organize groups to tackle important issues.6 PCF should manage the charitable giving programs of nonprofits Move up PCF should manage the charitable giving programs of nonprofits Move down PCF should manage the charitable giving programs of nonprofits 7 PCF should focus on managing scholarship programs and other donor-advised charitable fundsMove up PCF should focus on managing scholarship programs and other donor-advised charitable fundsMove down PCF should focus on managing scholarship programs and other donor-advised charitable funds Question Title * 3. Are there additional or different ways not listed above that PCF should engage with the community in support of its mission? Question Title * 4. Do you think that the Pacific Community Foundation is successful at what it does? (Check all that you agree with) Yes, because they provide community emergency support grants Yes, because they administer community scholarship funds Yes, because they provide non-profit education opportunities Yes, because they engage directly with the community to understand our priorities No, because their grant application process is ineffective No, because their grant awards are too small to be meaningful No, because their support services for other non-profits are too limited. No, because they don’t understand our community needs and priorities Don’t know, because I’m unaware of what PCF does (!) Other (please specify) Question Title * 5. Prioritize the most important actions PCF should undertake in 2023 (with 1 being most important, followed by the 2nd most important, then the 3rd): 1Provide education workshops and coaching to help organize community groups to address priority issuesMove up Provide education workshops and coaching to help organize community groups to address priority issuesMove down Provide education workshops and coaching to help organize community groups to address priority issues2Provide resource/workshop education to help other non-profits strengthen their organizations.Move up Provide resource/workshop education to help other non-profits strengthen their organizations.Move down Provide resource/workshop education to help other non-profits strengthen their organizations.3Reach out to individuals to promote charitable giving within our communityMove up Reach out to individuals to promote charitable giving within our communityMove down Reach out to individuals to promote charitable giving within our community4Focus on helping other non-profits with their fund development effortsMove up Focus on helping other non-profits with their fund development effortsMove down Focus on helping other non-profits with their fund development efforts5Raise more money to fund new or expanded direct grants to community causes.Move up Raise more money to fund new or expanded direct grants to community causes.Move down Raise more money to fund new or expanded direct grants to community causes.6Coordinate networking opportunities and collaboration among community non-profitsMove up Coordinate networking opportunities and collaboration among community non-profitsMove down Coordinate networking opportunities and collaboration among community non-profits7Engage with the community more often to understand their priorities and needs.Move up Engage with the community more often to understand their priorities and needs.Move down Engage with the community more often to understand their priorities and needs.8Identify unmet needs in the community that can be served by local nonprofits.Move up Identify unmet needs in the community that can be served by local nonprofits.Move down Identify unmet needs in the community that can be served by local nonprofits.9Work with community groups to create endowment funds for worthy causesMove up Work with community groups to create endowment funds for worthy causesMove down Work with community groups to create endowment funds for worthy causes Question Title * 6. Are there other top priority actions that PCF should undertake in 2023 not listed above? Done
