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Consumers Guide to Integrated Software for Community Foundations
Community foundations have different needs than private or corporate foundations. The software to meet them is different, too.
Comparing Philanthropic Giving Structures: Private Foundation or Community Foundation-Based Fund?
This document is a reference tool for considering which philanthropic giving structure is most appropriate to the unique situation and priorities of these individuals and families.
Our CMF Community: Advancing Equity for Transformative Change
This new publication honors the innovative leadership of CMF members, and the many unique ways philanthropy peers are working together and with their communities to make Michigan a place where all can thrive.
Youth Grantmakers Summer Leadership Conference #1
Reunite with YACers and YAC advisors from around the state for the exciting return of the Youth Grantmakers Summer Leadership Conference! The 28th annual conference theme is Re-Up: Reflect. Reimagine. Respond. Get ready for an exciting weekend of youth philanthropy with breakout sessions, speakers and fun activities!
A Handbook for Giving Circle Hosts
This handbook is a practical tool that will help you think through the pros and cons, the ins and outs, and the nuts and bolts of developing and supporting a healthy giving circle.
Civic Foundations vs. Community Foundations
While civic foundations and community foundations share some similar characteristics, this document clarifies the primary differences between the two types of organizations.
NCFP Series | Impact Investing: Aligning All Capital for Good
Join us to explore the fundamentals of impact investing, and learn more about structures like mission- and program-related investments as well as legal and administrative considerations.
Philanthropy's Role in Shaping Public Funding for Equitable Outcomes
Join CMF and the Statewide Equity Fund Working Group for a fireside chat with Angela Glover Blackwell, Founder in Residence at PolicyLink, to discuss insights gained from her work as a policy advocate, activist and social justice leader, learn more about PolicyLink's partnership with the Urban Institute in measuring equity impacts in federal policy and philanthropy's role in shaping the equitable outcome of public dollars.
FAQS About Disasters
This resource is intended to explore frequently asked questions involved in managing disaster funds, specifically issues of concern to private foundations, community foundations, corporate foundation/giving programs and other public charities that manage grantmaking.
What Donors Value: How Community Foundations Can Increase Donor Satisfaction, Referrals, and Future Giving
To better understand how community foundations can best respond to the current environment, the Center for Effective Philanthropy asked donors about how satisfied they are with the community foundations with which they work. What matters most to them?
Impact on Giving After the Repeal of the Michigan Community Foundation Tax Credit
This study assesses the initial impact of the 2011 repeal of the Community Foundation Tax Credit in Michigan.
A Short Guide to Impact Investing
This guide is intended to help bring newcomers into the impact investing game.
Across the Returns Continuum
This resource offers a framework for investing across the returns continuum—from commercial investments to philanthropic grants.
Clean Energy Storybook
This publication offers an introduction to their demonstration projects and provides a glimpse of their early results. Moreover, their stories demonstrate the breadth of opportunities community foundations have to play a leadership role in the shift to clean energy in our state.
Considering Collaboration: Guidance for Community Foundations Assessing Partnerships
This tool is intended as a starting point. Use it with your board members and leadership staff to inform internal conversations about pursuing potential partnerships.
Do More than Grow: Realizing the Potential of Community Foundation Donor Advised Funds
In Do More than Grow: Realizing the Potential of Community Foundation Donor-Advised Funds, new data and analysis of donor behavior reveals the significant untapped strategic value in community foundation DAFs.
Essentials of Impact Investing: A Guide for Small-Staffed Foundations
This Guide shows how foundations of all sizes can now tap into the resources, expertise, and capacity they need to become successful and skilled impact investors.
The Future of Impact Investing
This report sets a high-level vision for the future of the field of impact investing.
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