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Arizona Community Foundation

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Get great experience--perfect career stepping stone in philanthropy. - Anonymous employee Arizona Community Foundation Employee Review

3.0
May 26, 2014
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Lots of philanthropic training, planned giving, endowments, relationship management. Great exposure to social change discussions and the most prominent leaders in business, politics, academics and nonprofit service. The Arizona Community Foundation is one the top 25 of its kind in the nation.

Cons

Salaries are shockingly low, like SHOCKINGLY LOW. Low salaries lead to extremely high turnover. In turn, donors and community leaders question the viability and integrity of a premier institution which quite literally does not invest in its own community of staff--even while spending huge amounts to train those very staff on philanthropic fund development.

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5.0
Jul 1, 2025
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Pros

Statewide impact; evolving to meet community needs; great staff; leadership

Cons

Very limited discretionary grantmaking budget

2.0
Nov 19, 2025
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Pros

The lower level individuals who work at the foundation are amazing. We are all there for the mission.

Cons

Unfortunately, leadership doesn't provide clear direction and constantly changes priorities and there is a new department leader every year. Sadly, this could be a great organization if there was more consistency, working together, and actual direction from leadership that stays the same for more than a day. Leadership is not supportive and expect people to just know that priorities change with the wind. They like to tell others how horrible everyone is at their jobs or complain that "we don't have the right people." The turnover and employee survey results should tell them what the problem is. It's leadership. Set the direction. Stay the course. Make sure everyone understands their role and that the job description is correct. Then sit back and watch as people actually perform well and are happy, motivated employees with confidence in leadership. They also have no path for promotion and when they do, they don't even give current employees an opportunity to show what they can do.

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