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Publication Date: August, 2012

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.

Resource Type: Case Study
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: June, 2012

How Can Grantmakers Focus on Nonprofit Talent to Grow Impact? explores the importance of supporting nonprofit talent development, the unique talent needs of nonprofits seeking to grow their impact and how grantmakers can help.

Resource Type: Best PracticeCase Study
Audience: All Funders
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: May, 2012

Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' Collaborative Funding for Greater Impact explains the mechanics of forming and managing a co-funding partnership and offers takeaways for how this experience can apply to other communities.

Resource Type: Case Study
Audience: All Funders
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: May, 2012

This report highlights three philanthropic efforts to build the capacity of local communities in the West - The Ford Family Foundation’’s Ford Institute Leadership Program, the Northwest Area Foundation’’s Horizons Program, and the Orton Family Foundation’’s Heart and Soul Community Planning Program.

Resource Type: Case Study
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: January, 2012

Find key terms frequently used to describe philanthropy in this glossary developed by the United Philanthropy Forum.

Resource Type: Resource Guide
Audience: All Funders
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: November, 2011

Creating a New World of Learning: A Toolkit for Changemakers is a guide to help individuals and organizations become active catalysts and creators of a new world of learning. This new world of learning will:

Resource Type: Best Practice
Audience: All Funders
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: October, 2011

Read this blueprint for family engagement, providing strategies and approaches to involving the next generation.

Resource Type: Case Study
Audience: Family Foundation
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: August, 2011

In order to explore how to increase the value of coalitions, this report from TCC Group and the California Endowment examines the questions: "What are coalitions?" and "How can we monitor their progress and effectiveness?"

Resource Type: Research
Topic: Public Policy
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: June, 2011

This report offers succession planning through leadership development an alternative to the status quo.

Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Governance
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: February, 2011

The Association of Small Foundations and the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund report "The Best of Both Worlds: Using Private Foundations and Donor-Advised Funds" provides an analysis of donor-advised funds and foundations and offers guidance on choosing the appropriate giving vehicles and the best w

Resource Type: Best PracticeResearch
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: January, 2011
Sample disaster preparedness and recovery plans for foundations.
Resource Type: Sample Document/Template
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Disaster Response/Relief
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: September, 2010

This report clarifies and broadens the definition of capacity building. The findings of this report represent a collective body of information that will be useful to the social, public, and private sectors.

Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: September, 2010

This advocacy and civic engagement toolkit is designed for private foundations that want to educate and encourage their grantees about getting involved in civic and policy activities to increase organizational capacity and impact. While its primary focus is on the grantmaking activity of foundations, the toolkit also addresses rules and guidance for policy involvement by foundation officials acting on behalf of their foundations.

Resource Type: Issue Briefing
Topic: Public Policy
Funding Area: Civil/Advocacy/Policy
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: September, 2010

This advocacy and civic engagement toolkit is designed for community and public foundations that want to educate and encourage their grantees about getting involved in civic and policy activities to increase organizational capacity and impact. While its primary focus is on the grantmaking activity of these foundations, the toolkit also addresses rules and guidance for policy involvement by foundation officials acting on behalf of their foundations.

Resource Type: Issue Briefing
Topic: Public Policy
Funding Area: Civil/Advocacy/Policy
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: August, 2010

This white paper examines the relationship between encouraging sustainable communities and enhancing access to opportunity for lower-income people and people of color.

Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: May, 2010

Seven tips for running a successful family foundation by Advisor Perspectives.

Resource Type: Best Practice
Audience: Family Foundation
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: April, 2010
African American family foundations have grown in number and in popularity, at least in part due to the fact that African Americans expressly prefer giving to organizations that are close to them and that aid their community.
Resource Type: Research
Audience: Family Foundation
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: January, 2010

These guides are designed to help foundations consider how more diverse and inclusive practices might advance their mission by making their work more effective and more reflective of communities served. By highlighting 10 ways foundations can approach diversity, this guide seeks to spark ideas and launch further dialogue.

Resource Type: Best Practice
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: December, 2009

In this guide, contributors share strategies for structuring a collaborative to fit its purpose, building strong relationships and resolving conflicts, and figuring out if the collaborative you're in is working.

Resource Type: Case Study
Audience: All Funders
Knowledgebase
Publication Date: October, 2009

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

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