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The article covers how the family foundation worked with its board to not only evaluate their foundation's tradition in grantmaking but also discover new ways of working, with a keen focus on remaining responsive in their pursuit of equity.

This report can be a useful tool for foundation boards at any point in their journey toward leveraging the power of differences.

This guide introduces young people to strategic, thoughtful philanthropy, and inspires them toward giving with impact. Families and adults who work with youth can use these guides to facilitate peer discussions and fun activities around giving.

Grantmaking at the Crossroads is a workbook designed to provide foundations with a new grantmaking methodology that works at the intersection of place, population, and issue.  

W.K. Kellogg Foundation has launched a web-based, racial equity resource guide.

This includes findings from interviews with 23 regional foundation leaders and in-depth exploration of a unique peer cohort, consisting of 10 leaders who met on an ongoing basis to discuss and support each other in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organizations.

The Analysis of Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a useful tool for foundation staff, leadership and other members of the philanthropy community who want to take action to advance DEI. 

Best practices are operational standards for community foundation YACs and YACers to make the YAC organization and its members the most effective grantmakers and community leaders possible.