This toolkit is from Northern Ireland and references Scotland. It is organized into five sections and each is full of excellent content and very practical ideas. The second section focuses on community engagement and is also full of practical ideas.
The Community Tool Box is a free, online resource for those working to build healthier communities and bring about social change. It offers thousands of pages of tips and tools for taking action in communities. It is a very comprehensive resource packed full of narrative, toolkits, videos, etc.
Community foundations are uniquely poised to support the leadership pipelines in their respective communities. Hear about what you need as you start, refine, or consider managing a leadership development program.
Training materials for Boot Camp and Community Foundation Basics provides an overview of the structure and operations of a community foundation.
Learn about FSG's Being the Change report which outlines 12 ways foundations are transforming themselves to transform impact.
In October 2018, Lilly Endowment Inc. announced GIFT VII, a major new initiative for community foundations. Lilly Endowment has supported the development and growth of Indiana community foundations for over 25 years.
A significant new element of this initiative is a focus on community leadership. In 2019, each community foundation will receive at least $50,000 for community leadership planning work. The Endowment is also open to community foundations using some of the grant for internal capacity building in preparation for community leadership work.
This page contains additional consultant resources for Indiana community foundations related to GIFT VII.
Learn about the opportunities for utilizing Ball State’s Indiana Communities Institute community development training and consulting.
This webinar will highlight the resources and capacity-building opportunities Harwood can offer Indiana community foundations as they seek to more deeply understand, and play a role in responding to, the shared challenges and opportunities of their communities.
This webinar explores a promising national development framework called Prosperity Communities and the roles that community foundations can play in simulating and supporting community prosperity.