Disaster Relief: Providing Assistance Through Charitable Organizations
Learn how to help victims of disasters in ways that comply with federal tax rules that apply to charitable organizations from the Internal Revenue Service.
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Your Toolkit for Successful Evaluations
This resource has been designed and assembled by the Macro International evaluation team with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as a starter kit to promote the integration of effective evaluation into grantmaker education programs.
Leveraging What You Know: Knowledge Management Strategies for Funders
How can grantmakers use knowledge management to increase the impact of their work? Explore key issues and lessons learned from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations.
Marketing Your Knowledge
Turn organizational knowledge into action with models for knowledge sharing, proven strategies, and a six-step framework to market knowledge effectively from Bob Tobin, Williams Group.
Using Your Organization's Technology to Connect
How can you tell if you are effectively using your technology resources to connect with members? Explore a knowledge management framework from ASAE that shows you how to use, enhance, and promote your technology resources.
Self-Dealing: A Concise Guide For Foundation Board and Staff
An overview on the self-dealing law, including definitions, common problem areas, exceptions, penalties, and resources.
Communications/Disclosure Assessment
Checklist focusing on a foundation’s transparency in communicating key information about the organization to its constituents and the broader public.
Communications/Disclosure Resources
List of resources on communications and disclosure issues.
What You Should Know Before Signing Your Organization's Form 990-PF
Resource for top officers who sign the Form 990-PF to understand the important safeguards they should undertake before signing the tax return.
Accountability Self-Assessment Tool for Unstaffed Foundations
This tool for unstaffed foundations includes an accountability self-assessment and a legal checklist. It is divided into nine topic sections, each of which is divided into three levels, which can help foundations tailor the tool to meet their specific interests and needs. Also included are an Excel spreadsheet to help tabulate responses, an extensive accountability resource list, and a glossary of key words and concepts used in the tool.
Accountability Self-Assessment Tool for Staffed Foundations
This tool for staffed foundations includes an accountability self-assessment and a legal checklist. It is divided into nine topic sections, each of which is divided into three levels, which can help foundations tailor the tool to meet their specific interests and needs. Also included are an Excel spreadsheet to help tabulate responses, an extensive accountability resource list, and a glossary of key words and concepts used in the tool.
Board Committee Descriptions and Responsibilities
Sample board committee descriptions, including roles and responsibilities of committee members
Foundation Chief Executive Evaluation Form
A sample form used by a foundation's board of directors to evaluation the chief executive officer.
Community Foundation Bylaws
Sample bylaws for Community Foundations.
Community Foundation Conflict of Interest Policies
Sample conflict of interest policies for Community Foundations.
A Growing Tradition? Examining the African American Family Foundation (PDF)
A growing number of African-American philanthropists are relying on family foundations for their charitable giving, preferring to put their trust in organizations they are close to and that aid the
A Guide to the Challenge Grant (PDF)
Derived from decades of this kind of grantmaking, this guide by the Kresge Foundation provides information on challenge grants for foundations and nonprofits organizations embarking on capital camp
A Short Course on Grassroots Grantmaking
A Short Course on Grassroots Grantmaking was written for Grassroots Grantmakers by Janis Foster Richardson and E.
A Smart Investment in Human Capital
This case study examines the experience of the Corporation for Supportive Housing as it worked with the nonprofit consultancy AchieveMission to understand and adopt better human capital management
A User's Guide to Advocacy Evaluation Planning
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.