El Dorado Community Foundation

What El Dorado Community Foundation does

El Dorado Community Foundation (EDCF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community foundation founded in 1991 and headquartered at 312 Main Street, Suite 201, Placerville, California, serving El Dorado County including South Lake Tahoe and El Dorado Hills. The foundation operates as a fiduciary intermediary that enables individual donors and families to participate in tax-deductible charitable giving through professionally managed private donations, memorial gifts, and a variety of organization-specific and community endowment funds, including donor advised funds, family funds, agency endowment funds, committee funds, field of interest funds, scholarship funds, and the Endow El Dorado Fund. As an accredited community foundation certified by the National Standards Action Team of the Council on Foundations, EDCF manages over 250 existing charitable funds and distributes competitive grants and scholarships through RFP applications, while also maintaining a Nonprofit Directory, Community Events Hub, Fund Connection donor portal, and a Legacy Society for planned giving. The foundation monetizes through undisclosed administrative fees assessed on each fund (covering gift acknowledgement, investment oversight, fund accounting, tax compliance, biannual statements, grant processing, and evaluation), recurring donor contributions, and Scholarship Giving Circle membership dues with a $40 annual minimum. Operations are supported by a lean staff of 7-8 professionals led by Executive Director Amy Pooley, a CPA, and a volunteer workforce, with the endowment pool managed by investment partner CAPTRUST and governance provided by a Board of Directors chaired by Paul Zappettini with diverse representation from local business, legal, financial, education, and nonprofit sectors.

Name

El Dorado Community Foundation

Legal name

El Dorado Community Foundation

Website

https://eldoradocf.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

El Dorado Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community foundation founded in 1991 in Placerville, California, managing over 250 charitable funds and connecting individual donors, local nonprofits, and professional advisors across El Dorado County through tax-deductible giving, grants, scholarships, and planned giving services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community Foundation Philanthropic Services

NAICS

Grantmaking Foundations (813211), Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Other Grantmaking and Giving Services (813219)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Community Foundations (BPAGAKAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Donor-Advised Fund (DAF) Sponsors (BPAGAKAF), Scholarship & Fellowship Foundations and Trusts (EDADAHAC), Grantmaking & Philanthropic Funds (Institutional Donors) (BPADAOAB), Philanthropy & Foundations Advisory (Donor-Advised Funds, Endowments) (FSAAABAH)

Keywords

• Community foundation services
• Charitable fund management
• Donor advised funds
• Philanthropic grantmaking
• Planned giving services

Headquarters

HQ city

Placerville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Administrative Fees: Costs associated with providing fund administration services are covered by an administrative fee assessed to each Fund, including gift acknowledgement, investment oversight, fund accounting, tax compliance, biannual statements, grant recommendation processing, prospective grant recipient review, grant disbursement and tracking, and grant evaluation and reporting.
2. Donor Contributions: Revenue generated through donations to various funds including donor advised funds, family funds, agency endowment funds, committee funds, field of interest funds, scholarship funds, and the Endow El Dorado Fund.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

El Dorado Community Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community foundation that enables individual donors and local nonprofits to participate in tax-deductible charitable giving through professionally managed funds. It administers donor advised funds, family funds, agency endowment funds, committee funds, field of interest funds, scholarship funds, and endowment funds, while distributing competitive grants and scholarships to El Dorado County community causes. It also provides planned giving and estate planning services in partnership with professional advisors.

Product overview

The El Dorado Community Foundation operates as a community foundation offering a platform of philanthropic services centered around charitable giving management. The core offerings include various fund types (Donor Advised Funds, Family Funds, Agency Endowment Funds, Committee Funds, Field of Interest Funds, and Scholarship Funds), competitive Grants & Scholarships, Planned Giving services for estate planning, and the Fund Connection online donor portal. Additional services include a Nonprofit Directory and Community Events Hub. The foundation manages over 250 existing charitable funds and connects donors with causes that matter through professional fiduciary services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Donor Advised Funds
• Family Funds
• Agency Endowment Funds
• Committee Funds
• Field of Interest Funds
• Scholarship Funds
• Endow El Dorado Fund
• Grants & Scholarships Program
• Planned Giving Services
• Fund Connection Portal
• Nonprofit Directory
• Community Events Hub
• Scholarship Giving Circle

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 250 charitable funds managed
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• CAPTRUSTcoreOthersThe Foundation's Endowment pool is invested with CAPTRUST who value sound financial advice, integrity, and a commitment to service beyond expectation. CAPTRUST also values cybersecurity.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Fidelity Charitable: Largest national donor-advised fund sponsor offering tax-advantaged giving accounts. Competes for the same donor dollars, particularly from donors with assets beyond the local community, but lacks EDCF's local grantmaking expertise and community embeddedness.
• Sacramento Region Community Foundation: Larger regional community foundation serving the greater Sacramento area. Operates the same community foundation model with donor advised funds, scholarships, and grantmaking, but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic reach than EDCF.
• Schwab Charitable: Major national donor-advised fund sponsor affiliated with Charles Schwab. Competes with EDCF for charitable giving dollars through DAF accounts, particularly attractive to investors with existing Schwab relationships seeking low-fee, tech-enabled giving solutions.
• California Community Foundation: One of the largest community foundations in California, serving the greater Los Angeles area. Operates the same community foundation model but at substantially greater scale and broader geographic reach, representing the upper end of the competitive set.

Direct peers

• Placer Community Foundation: Community foundation serving Placer County, neighboring El Dorado County. Operates an essentially identical community foundation model with comparable fund offerings, scholarships, and grant programs at similar scale.
• Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation: Community foundation serving the Truckee/North Tahoe region with similar fund types, donor advised fund offerings, and grantmaking focus. Directly comparable single-county California mountain community foundation model serving an adjacent geographic area.
• Yolo Community Foundation: Community foundation serving Yolo County, California. Comparable in structure and scale, offering donor advised funds, scholarships, and competitive grants through a community foundation model.
• Amador Community Foundation: Smaller California foothill community foundation serving Amador County. Comparable single-county community foundation model with similar fund types and grantmaking focus.
• Nevada County Community Foundation: Community foundation serving Nevada County with the same single-county California foothill model. Directly comparable in mission, product mix, and organizational scale to EDCF.

Emerging players

• National Philanthropic Trust: National donor-advised fund sponsor offering DAFs at scale. Comparable as a competing vehicle for donor-advised giving, though operating at national scale with different geographic focus and lower community specificity than EDCF.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCHqr0UozpXeTLnrS8MxsyXw
• Facebookfacebook.com/eldoradocommunityfoundation
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/el-dorado-foundation

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles22 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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