Community Foundation
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2020 Boot Camp and Community Foundation Basics Materials
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Training materials accompanying the two-day Community Foundation Boot Camp and the one-day Community Foundation Basics workshop provide a comprehensive overview of the structure and operations of a community foundation. These materials are used by community foundation staff and board members.
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Civil Legal Aid and Consumer Protection Brief
Many low-income debtors are especially vulnerable to debt scams, including high up-front fees, penalties for early payoffs, inflated interest rates, and "deals" targeting senior citizens, low-income borrowers, and people with poor credit.
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Evaluating Community Change: A Framework for Grantmakers
This publication from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations offers a framework for thinking about how to measure progress and results in place-based and community change initiatives.
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Consumers Guide to Integrated Software for Community Foundations
This Idealware guide looks at the features and processes used by five different integrated software solutions to help community foundations manage funds, track grants, solicit donations, provide online support for donor advised funds and track accounting data.
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Proposal Review and Evaluation Guidelines
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Sample proposal review and evaluation guidelines from foundations across the country.