Investment and Philanthropic Trends for Private and Community Foundations
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This webinar provides an in-depth discussion of investment trends for private and community foundations.
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Funding Journalism, Finding Innovation: Success Stories and Ideas for Creative, Sustainable Partnerships
Media Impact Funders partnered with Harvard University’s Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy to produce this case study report that surfaces pioneering funding practices in journalism.
Legal/Tax
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This page contains Legal/Tax resources for community foundations.
Personnel Handbook
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This page contains Personnel Handbook resources for community foundations.
Youth Philanthropy: A Framework for Best Practices
Helpful ideas and best practices from many of Indiana’s successful Youth Philanthropy programs.
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Equity: Is Your Foundation Ready to Invest in Building Opportunity for All?
Research shows that one of the greatest impediments to a prosperous future for all of Michigan's people is unequal access to resources. To help foundation leaders and their boards begin essential conversations about marginalized populations and determine the extent to which their organization's culture and grantmaking practices are aligned with a commitment to expanding opportunity in the communities they serve, CMF developed this discussion guide and self-assessment.
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Tax Information for Charities and Other Nonprofits from the Internal Revenue Service
Access official tax information and resources for charities and other nonprofits from the Internal Revenue Service.
Sustainability Costing Tool
Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, Council of Michigan Foundations and Philanthropy Ohio are pleased to provide you the Sustainability Costing Tool. It is our hope that community foundations will use this tool to generate data that will empower them to develop a path toward sustainability
Disaster Philanthropy Playbook
The Disaster Philanthropy Playbook is a compilation of philanthropic strategies, best practices and lessons learned that have saved and galvanized local economies, nonprofits, and vulnerable populations from entering into a permanent downward spiral in the wake of disaster.
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Speak Up: Responding to Everyday Bigotry
Developed by the Southern Law Poverty Center, the guide (available in pdf and website formats) provides advice and suggestions for responding to everyday bigotry in a variety of settings-- among family, among friends and neighbors, at work, at school, and in public.
