The Board of Trustees of The Community Foundation has the ultimate authority over grants. In the case of donor advised funds or agency endowments, the donors themselves may recommend grants from their funds to any eligible (nonprofit, 501c3) organization. In the case of funds over which The Community Foundation has discretion, staff recommends grantees to the Board’s Program & Initiatives Committee, whose members consider and vote on the staff recommendations. Finally, the Program & Initiatives Committee sends the approved list to the Board of Trustees for ratification.