DCF & Stewardship

The Dearborn Community Foundation belongs to the following organizations to ensure that we use the best practices in the industry:
• Council on Foundations
• Community FoundationS of America
• Indiana Grantmakers Alliance

DCF also:

• voluntarily engages a third-party, independent auditor (currently Blue & Co., LLC) to conduct an annual audit of all of the Dearborn Community Foundation, Inc.’s financial statements and operations;

• includes, as a part of its governance, a Finance & Investment Committee that is comprised of unpaid, volunteers with strong accounting, financial and business backgrounds. The annual audit report is available to the full Board of Directors and Finance & Investment Committee for review. The Foundation makes its full audit results and audited financial statements available to the public; and

• enforces a Conflict of Interest Policy that demands board members (and committee members) avoid any conflict, or appearance of conflict, between their personal interests and the interests of the Foundation in dealing with any organization or individual having, or seeking to have, any relationship with the Foundation. Each board member must disclose any possible conflict of interest and no member can vote on any matter or participate in the discussion of any matter under consideration at a Foundation meeting, in which the member has a possible conflict of interest.

Policy of Public Availability

The Dearborn Community Foundation adheres to an open door policy concerning the following
items:

• Internal Revenue Service Tax Form – 990
• Copies of our past audits
• Approved board meeting minutes
• Current financial statements with the understanding that they have not yet been
audited for accuracy

Any party requesting the above information is required to complete an information request
form and submit it to the Foundation. Anyone who requests a copy of the above items in
person is provided a copy at the first available opportunity not to exceed 48 hours during
the business week. If DCF receives a request by telephone or by mail, it is the policy of
this Foundation to reproduce the items and mail to the requestor within 48 hours during the
business week. DCF expects reproduction and postage reimbursement from the requestor when
these expenses are incurred. Information request forms at available at the DCF office, 204
Short Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025.