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Grantmaking at the Crossroads: An Intersectional Approach
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.
Lessons Learned for Funders of Advocacy Efforts & Evaluations
In this report, the Colorado Trust and Innovation Network chronicle the Trust's strategy for funding advocacy and provide a strategic evaluation for their successes and failures.
Leveraging the Power of Differences in the Board Room
This report can be a useful tool for foundation boards at any point in their journey toward leveraging the power of differences.
Partnering with Community for Better Philanthropy
This report examines the unique context of national and large foundations, including the ways in which their size, scale, and orientation pose challenges and create opportunities for meaningful partnership with communities in foundation decision-making.
Philanthropy and Government Working Together: The Role of Offices of Strategic Partnerships in Public Problem Solving
A new report from the University of Southern California's Center for Philanthropy and Public Policy describes the increasingly important role that offices designed to catalyze partnerships between philanthropy and government are playing in problem-solving.
TRANSformational Impact
This report broadly covers funding for transgender communities by U.S. foundations between 2011 and 2013, some of which include funding specifically targeted towards transgender girls and women, transgender boys and men, and gender non-conforming and gender queer people.
Vision and Voice: The Role of Leadership and Dialogue in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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.
What Every Grantmaker Should Know: Frequently Asked Legal Questions
This publication, from the Minnesota Council on Foundations, helps foundations maintain and improve the effectiveness of their work by providing resources to help them understand their legal requirements and obligations.
Analysis of Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
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.
Foundation-Government Liaison Offices: Why and How of Michigan Governor's Office of Foundation Liaison
This document aims to share learnings about the key considerations in starting and operating a liaison office successfully. This document is based on the multi-year evaluation of the OFL, along with interviews with its founders and of leaders of similar offices in other states and regions.
From Big Ideas to Big Change
Foundations are committing more resources than ever before to communicate about their work and missions -- yet grantees continue to give funders low marks when it comes to fostering a clear understanding of what the foundation is trying to accomplish and where they fit in.
Discovering the Activation Point
If knowledge alone was enough to inspire action, the world would already be a better place. Real change requires action, and the key to moving people from knowledge to action is persuasion.
Storytelling for Good
Storytelling for Good connects you to a suite of tools and a growing community that can help you leverage the power of narrative to increase reach, resources and impact for your social impact organization.
The Business Case for Racial Equity
This report seeks to expand the narrative associated with racial equity by adding a compelling economic argument to the social justice goal.
Collaboration and Connection: How Foundations Partner Effectively to Address Their Community's Information Needs
Addressing a community’s information needs is a critical aspect of supporting a vibrant and healthy democracy. As community and place-based foundations increase their participation in this work, they realize they cannot do it alone.
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