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CMF Experts in Residence address frequent questions about self-dealing, conflicts of interest, and other policies that foundations can use to remain compliant and avoid situations that could risk the organization’s reputation in the community.
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This session focuses on employee handbooks – a foundational document that establishes the working agreement between employees and the organization and is essential to creating equity and operationalizing your vision.
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Learn how to leverage DAFs to attract donors and maximize your community impact as a valuable grantmaking tool.
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Leadership transition planning is essential for the long-term health of family foundations. Are you considering how to best transition to the next generation? Perhaps you’re wondering how to incorporate outside trustees and the best time to do so? Either way, Marguerite Griffin’s experience working with foundations across the country will help answer your questions.
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Find the tools you need to make decisions that lead to effective outcomes at each stage of your philanthropic lifecycle.
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Join us and a panel of national experts, who support foundation staff and trustees like you every day, as they discuss what they are hearing from your peers and provide insight on best practices.
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Learn how grantmakers can stay accountable to the communities they serve, particularly Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities who are and will be disproportionately impacted.
This Strategy Guide invites you to reflect more deeply on how your foundation chooses to balance four factors—purpose, conditions and trends, time horizons, and assets for mission—especially in times of greater crisis or opportunity.
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Family foundations have some of the strongest values for philanthropic giving, and many of those values endure through generations of family involvement. But how do you best prepare new generations to serve on a foundation board?
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In this webinar you will learn how two foundations are engaging families to support impact investing initiatives. Get insight on what steps you should take to educate your board and how to determine where to invest funds.
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This webinar highlights foundation board and executive challenges and discusses board development levers most related to stronger board and foundation performance.
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Peak Grantmaking's director for effective practices program discusses the most common values for foundations and how they are put into practice.
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Join this webinar to hear from the experts on national trends, data, and research on this topic as well as from your peers who have successfully engaged next generation leaders.
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This webinar can help you identify the resources and types of leadership necessary to sustain a collaboration that can achieve a common goal.
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Hear how Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation engaged trustees to move from their founder's general intent to support “health” to a more strategic focus.
The second issue brief in IPA's series on aging explores the largest source of long-term care services in the country: family caregiving.