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FEG INSIGHT FEG COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SURVEY Executive Summary

FEG Community Foundation Survey About the Survey The proprietary FEG Community Foundation survey collects insight on spending policies, asset allocation, and current industry trends. The survey was open from January 3,, to April 7,. The survey was open to all U.S. Community Foundations and completed primarily by senior-level investment decision makers. We received 9 responses representing 29 states, with approximately 4% of respondents were FEG clients. A majority of respondents use a traditional consulting model, with a notable percentage using an OCIO model. Asset sizes ranged from less than $2 million to greater than $1 billion. For the purposes of the survey, participants were grouped into the following asset categories: Less than $2 million, $2 $ million, $ $ million, $1 $ million, and greater than $ million. CURRENT CONSULTING MODEL INVESTMENT ASSET SIZE Other 2% Hybrid 6% No Consultant 8% OCIO/Discretionary 19% Traditional Consulting/Non- Non-Discretionary 66% % % % 3% 4% % 6% 7% Number of Responses 2 1 23 21 (<) $2 $2-$ $1-$ $-$ (>) $ Community Foundation Asset Size (in millions) More than 7% of respondents have one or less than one full-time equivalent (FTE) on staff to administer the investment portfolio, and only % expect to increase their staffing in the next five years. CURRENT INVESTMENT STAFF To Administer Investment Portfolio FORESEEN INVESTMENT STAFF CHANGES Over the Next Five Years (<) 1 FTE (Full Time Equivalent) % Remain the Same 8% (>) 4 FTE 3% 3 FTE 2% 2 FTE 14% 1 FTE 27% Increase % Page 2

Executive Summary Asset Allocation Larger foundations continue to allocate more to alternative investments, while smaller foundations have a larger allocation to domestic equities. While the median allocation to hedge funds was 11%, smaller community foundations only had 2% while larger foundations allocated 1%. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION ASSET ALLOCATION DOMESTIC EQUITIES INT L DEV. EQUITIES EMERGING MARKETS CORE FIXED INCOME CREDIT SENSITIVE FI PUBLIC REAL ASSETS PRIVATE INVEST- MENTS HEDGE FUNDS/ LOW VOL. CASH/ OTHER* Overall Median 37% % 6% 18% 2% 4% % 11% 3% (<) $2 million 44 16 4 19 4 1 2 3 $2 $ million 42 18 7 1 6 3 8 3 $1 $ million 39 1 4 18 1 4 1 2 $1 $ million 33 18 6 4 4 6 12 2 (>) $ million 31 7 12 3 2 6 12 1 N=87 N=82 N=71 N=86 N=6 N=6 N=71 N=7 N=7 *Short-term Securities Note: Asset Allocation shown as median of survey responses. Taking the median of each asset may not add up to. Answers that were more than % off a total of were removed. See appendix for equal-weighted average. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PERFORMANCE As of September 3, 16 FOUNDATION SIZE 1-YEAR 3-YEAR -YEAR 7-YEAR -YEAR While 1-Year performance for Community Foundations overall was 8.6%, the average -Year performance was lower at 4.9%. Overall Median 8.6% 4.6% 8.% 7.2% 4.9% (<) $2 million 8.6 4.9 8.4 7.4. $2-$ million 9. 4.8 8. 7.4.1 $1-$ million 8. 4.9 8.9 7.1 4.7 $1-$ million 8.9 4.6 8.2 7.1 4.7 (>) $ million 8.1 4.2 8.3 7.3.4 N=87 N=8 N=8 N= N=7 Note: Performance shown as median and net of fees. The majority of Community Foundations were balanced or neutral in preference towards active vs. passive investment strategies, with $m+ entities expressing a more favorable opinion of active strategies. AVERAGE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION POSITION Active vs. Passive on a scale of 1 to ACTIVE (1) NEUTRAL (3) PASSIVE () Overall 2.7 (>) $MM 2.2 N=82 Page 3

FEG Community Foundation Survey Spending Policy While there are a variety of spending rates, the majority of respondents selected either 4.%,.%, or 4.%, with a 4.% median. More than 6% of respondents used a rolling quarter to determine their spending base, and an overwhelming majority used a moving average. SPENDING POLICY RATE Number of Responses 3 2 1 26 1 8 Average: 4.47% Median: 4.% 1 <4.% 4.% 4.1% 4.2% 4.4% 4.% 4.7%.% >.% Note: Answers below 4% were grouped. To factor the average and median, numbers greater than % were figured as 6%. 2 2 3 N=88 TIME PERIOD USED TO DETERMINE SPENDING BASE Other 8% -Year 8% 4-Year 4% Note: Other answers were grouped. 12-Quarter 39% 16-Quarter 9% 3-Year 1% -Quarter % FORESEEN SPENDING POLICY CHANGE Nearly a quarter of respondents changed or expect to change their spending policy, and the majority of those expect to decrease spending rates. No 72% Yes 28% Decrease Spending Rate Change Methodology 4 Other 2 Note: Answers for yes were grouped. N=89 OPERATING BUDGET % SUPPORTED BY FOUNDATION DISTRIBUTIONS More than half of respondents support greater than % of their operating budget from their foundation spending distributions, which may imply that they are more averse to risk. Number of Responses 4 3 16 8 44 % - % >% - 2% >2% - % >% Percent of Budget Note: Answers were grouped into ranges. N=8 Page 4

Executive Summary Responsive Investing More than a quarter of respondents saw an increase in interest from donors for Responsive Investing (RI). While 18% had ESG/SRI investments, the majority represented less than 1% of the portfolio. Slightly more respondents had PRI/MRI with 21%, but again, the overall allocation to their portfolio was small. Of those not considering RI, the main reasons were no donor/board interest, small asset size, or the difficulty in defining RI. PERCENT OF PORTFOLIO DEDICATED TO ESG/SRI CONSIDERED ESG/SRI Yes 2% No 7% No 82% Yes 18% RI PORTFOLIO (<) 1% % 1% - % 38% % - 19% 13% N=16 N=2 N=87 PERCENT OF PORTFOLIO DEDICATED TO PRI/MRI PLAN TO CHANGE ALLOCATION Increase 26% Stay the Same 74% No 79% Yes 21% PRI/MRI PORTFOLIO 1% - % 72% % - % % (>) % 11% N=18 N=66 N=84 Page

FEG Community Foundation Survey Enterprise Trends DONOR DIRECTED ACCOUNTS Donor directed accounts can be an additional fundraising avenue and help to increase the assets for community foundations; however, the amount of oversight also will increase. Reporting and oversight on donor directed accounts is done by staff for a large portion of respondents. However, this due diligence could be a drain on staff resources. ANTICIPATED DONOR DIRECTED ACCOUNTS AMOUNT IN FUTURE MANAGER OF DDA ACCOUNTS OVERSIGHT AND REVIEW PROCESS Decrease 3% % 4% 47% 39% Stay the Same 41% Increase 6% 3% % % % 4% % Staff Board/Committee Consultant Other N=88 N=49 GRANTS AND FUNDRAISING While nearly 4% of respondents expected more than half of their growth to come from fundraising, only 4% integrated the development staff with the investment program. While three quarters of respondents do not pay out % of grants in the year they are awarded, a majority of the respondents indicated the percentage not paid out is less than %. PERCENTAGE OF GROWTH FROM FUNDRAISING 2 1 1 9 No % 4.9% % % 11% 2% 26% % 1% 7% 76% % Fundraising 9 13 12 Note: Answers are grouped into ranges. Totals may not equal % due to rounding. N=7 INVESTMENT COMMITTEE Approximately 8% of the respondents had an Investment Committee (IC) separate from the Board. More than half of respondents had from six to nine IC members, with a median term length of three years. NUMBER OF IC MEMBERS Number of Responden 1 14 14 7 7 4 7 2 4 6 7 8 9 11 12 14 Number of Committee Members N=87 Page 6

Executive Summary Closing Thanks Thank you to all Community Foundations that participated in the survey and contributed to the content. We greatly appreciate the time and energy of those who participated and look forward to increasing the number of participants and improving the usefulness of the survey as it continues. Learn More VISIT Download the full report at www.feg.com/cfsurvey PARTICIPATE To participate in the 18 survey, please visit www.feg.com/cfsurvey18 GLOSSARY SPENDING METHODOLOGY Moving Average Spend a fixed percentage of the average market value over a set time period Constant growth Increase spending each year by a constant growth rate or inflation Constant growth with bands Spending is contained within a range +/- a percentage of previous year s market value Geometric Weight given to inflation adjusted spending and target spending of market value Hybrid Custom combination of spending rules to meet the specific needs of an institution ADMINISTRATIVE FEES Agency Funds are established by specific non-profit organizations to provide a source of income for years to come. Unrestricted Endowed Funds are set up to let the community foundation make regular withdrawals used for operations, community needs, specific purposes, etc. Donor Advised Fund (DAF) is a separately identified fund or account comprised of contributions made by individual donors that is maintained and operated by a Community Foundation. 1 They are used by donors who want to personally recommend grant awards from a fund they set up with the Community Foundation. Scholarship Fund is a donation that is set up where the grant making dollars are utilized to provide scholarships to students, and is managed completely by the Community Foundation. Supporting Organization are special types of charitable organizations that, based upon their relationship with the Community Foundation, are themselves classified as public charities. Supporting organizations provide the flexibility desired by donors to meet their objectives. 2 RESPONSIVE INVESTING Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) refers to the three central factors environmental, social, and governance in measuring the sustainability and ethical impact of an investment in a company or business. Mission Related Investments (MRI) is the use of investments designed to generate a positive social or environmental impact, while generating reasonably competitive rates of financial return. 3 A Program-Related Investment (PRI) is an investment to support a charitable program objective or activity and is expected to be repaid. 4 Socially Responsible Investments (SRI) is an investment that considers both financial return and social good. 1 https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/donor-advised-funds 2 http://www.cfhcforever.org/fundtypes 3, 4 http://web.cof.org/13fall/docs/resources/impact-investing-basics.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/socially_responsible_investing Page 7

DISCLOSURES This report was prepared by Fund Evaluation Group, LLC (FEG), a federally registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 194, as amended, providing non-discretionary and discretionary investment advice to its clients on an individual basis. Registration as an investment adviser does not imply a certain level of skill or training. The oral and written communications of an adviser provide you with information about which you determine to hire or retain an adviser. Fund Evaluation Group, LLC, Form ADV Part 2A & 2B can be obtained by written request directly to: Fund Evaluation Group, LLC, 1 East Fifth Street, Suite 16, Cincinnati, OH 42, Attention: Compliance Department. The data is obtained from the proprietary FEG Community Foundation Survey. The study includes a survey of 9 U.S. Community Foundations as of April 7,. The data from this survey was divided into five categories based on assets of the community foundation with assets ranging from less than $2 million to greater than $ million. The information in this study is based on the responses provided by the participants and is meant for illustration and educational purposes only. Unless otherwise noted the number of responses is 9. Index performance results do not represent any managed portfolio returns. An investor cannot invest directly in a presented index, as an investment vehicle replicating an index would be required. An index does not charge management fees or brokerage expenses, and no such fees or expenses were deducted from the performance shown. Neither the information nor any opinion expressed in this report constitutes an offer, or an invitation to make an offer, to buy or sell any securities. Any return expectations provided are not intended as, and must not be regarded as, a representation, warranty or predication that the investment will achieve any particular rate of return over any particular time period or that investors will not incur losses. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investments in private funds are speculative, involve a high degree of risk, and are designed for sophisticated investors. This report is prepared for informational purposes only. It does not address specific investment objectives, or the financial situation and the particular needs of any person who may receive this report. COMMUNITY FOUNDATION EQUAL-WEIGHTED ASSET ALLOCATION (<) $2 MILLION $2 - $ MILLION $ - $ MILLION $1 - $ MILLION (>) $ MILLION MEDIAN EQUAL-WTD. AVERAGE Domestic Equities 44% 42% 39% 33% 31% 37% 33% International Developed Equities 16 18 1 18 16 Emerging Markets 4 7 4 6 7 6 6 Core Fixed Income 19 18 12 18 16 Credit Sensitive Fixed Income 1 1 4 3 2 3 Public Real Assets 4 6 4 2 4 3 Private Investments 1 3 4 6 6 6 Hedge Funds / Low Volatility 2 8 1 12 12 11 12 Cash / Other 1 3 3 2 2 1 3 *Short-term Securities Note: Asset Allocation shown as median of survey responses. Taking the median of each asset may not add up to. Answers that were more than % off a total of were removed. HEADQUARTERS 1 East Fifth St. Suite 16 Cincinnati, Ohio 42 P: 13.977.44 F: 13.977.443 www.feg.com CINCINNATI / DALLAS / DETROIT / INDIANAPOLIS