All Funders
A User's Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning was developed for advocates, evaluators, and funders who want guidance on how to evaluate advocacy and policy change efforts.
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
There are many ways to start a giving circle. These 10 steps can give you a starting point and a basic roadmap.
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
A focus on racial equity can increase your effectiveness at every stage of the grant making process.
Audience: All Funders
What would good foundation practice with solid evaluative inquiry at its core look like? Find out how your foundation can rethink the role of evaluation and turn it into a vital institutional tool.
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Administration
A sample document detailing the core values of the Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation including restrictions on participation on nonprofit/grantee boards.
Audience: All FundersFamily Foundation
An overview on the self-dealing law, including definitions, common problem areas, exceptions, penalties, and resources.
Audience: All FundersExecutive Staff
Topic: Governance
This book takes a no-nonsense look at the intricacies of establishing successful partnerships between nonprofit organizations, between nonprofits and for-profit companies, and between nonprofit organizations and governmental entities.
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
Sample board committee descriptions, including roles and responsibilities of committee members
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Administration
CNJG Member survey ranking which issues are most important to them.
Audience: All Funders
Topic: About Philanthropy

This includes insights and tips related to board governance, legal compliance, grantee communications, fiscal responsibility, public disclosure, and many other key areas of foundation governance and operations.
Audience: All Funders
Topic: GovernanceGrantmaking