Confero Spring 2015: Issue 10 | Page 23

The Rochester Area Community Foundation organization ends up being three things: on one end, we’re a fund raiser in terms of getting donations, but we’re also a grant maker in terms of giving money away, but in the middle is where we are managing a pretty significant pool of investments,” Miller said. “If we were to describe ourselves as a three legged stool, the investment management is really the third leg of that stool. It is very important as the money comes in, it’s invested prudently for growth and we’re able to use the income for grants.” out pretty well’ or ‘it didn’t work out’,” Miller explained. Measuring the Benefit of Funding Com