Madison Community Foundation

MCF was founded in 1942. Its mission is to enhance the common good through philanthropy, and it employs the values of integrity, generosity, effectiveness, permanence and equity while implementing this mission.

MCF plays a central role in giving and philanthropic impact within our community and beyond – working with donors to connect them to the causes they care about most; and working with nonprofits to build endowments and utilize grant funding in effective and efficient ways. MCF also manages its own competitive grantmaking program with five focus areas, including: arts, environment, learning, nonprofit capacity building and community development. Our mission requires that we listen to donors and respond to opportunities to enhance our community’s assets and address its challenges. We rely on a diverse team of 14 full-time staff members and dozens of community leaders to carry out our work. MCF is proactive, intentional and unceasing in its efforts to be more diverse, inclusive and equitable.