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The San Francisco Foundation established the Community Initiative Funds (CIF) of The San Francisco Foundation in November 1996 to provide a vehicle for community efforts that are not incorporated as independent, nonprofit corporations. CIF is a reflection of The San Francisco Foundation's special commitment to establishing and supporting structures for public-private, collaborative, or new efforts.

CIF is an independently incorporated nonprofit organization that provides fiscal sponsorship to community efforts in identified circumstances, including philanthropic collaborations among foundations, community efforts responding to crises, and projects of limited duration.

There is no connection between Foundation grantmaking and CIF fiscal sponsorship. Files of each organization are maintained separately.

To learn about CIF’s work, please visit its website at www.cifunds.org.