About Us
Rushford Community Foundation (RCF) was founded by a local chartering board of directors in the late 1990s. The foundation has contracted with the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation for fund management and legal services. RCF has adopted a constitution and bylaws document which is independent of, yet in compliance with, the legal structure of the Initiative Foundation. This structure reduces overhead expenses while receiving the benefit of IRS 501(c)(3) non-profit tax status and legal registry as a charity with the Office of the Minnesota Attorney General.
What the Foundation Offers
Rushford Community Foundation offers the opportunity to strengthen the present, honor our history, and make our future more secure through grantmaking and dealing with community needs, concerns and opportunities.
This foundation starts with a set of general objectives but is a living, changing organization that will reflect the needs and goals of people in the community.
Tentative fields of interest include:
- To promote and enhance education and scholarship
- To encourage arts and humanities
- To preserve and enhance our heritage and environment
- To develop leadership, organization and community skills
- To enhance social, health and family strengths
The foundation will encourage innovative collaborative efforts among people and existing community structures. It will promote volunteerism, seek to leverage received and granted dollars, and create action models to share with other communities.
The area covered by the foundation’s services is intended to be broad including nearby townships and towns as may be appropriate for programs.
