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This worksheet is intended to help foundation staffs and boards establish indicators of foundation performance in four areas: achieving impact, setting the agenda/strategy, managing operations, and
Online resource from Free Management Library, includes a guideline and agenda for board training sessions.
This study by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University investigates how family foundations manage governance, decision making, and, especially, daily work activities when the number of loca
How can foundations move from interest to action in developing media relations?
This report from Grants Managers Network presents a summary of survey findings about "greening" grantmaker practices.
Gateway to an extensive array of information dealing with nonprofit governance from BoardSource.
Budgeting is key to financial management. Learn how to plan, develop, and use budgets for your organization in a budgeting toolkit from Civicus.
This white paper examines the relationship between encouraging sustainable communities and enhancing access to opportunity for lower-income people and people of color.
How can a grantmaker covert a concept into a specific request for proposals?
This report from the Wallace Foundation that recommends that funders boost payments for overhead, reduce burdens and invest in building nonprofits' financial management capabilities in order to hel
A guide for enhancing collaborative dialogue between nonprofits and corporations developed by the Gill Foundation.
Learn about the challenges associated with executive transitions and opportunities for funders to better cope with executive management transitions from the Annie E Casey Foundation.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations' Collaborative Funding for Greater Impact explains the mechanics of forming and managing a co-funding partnership and offers takeaways for how this experienc
How can grantmakers measure if communications for social change are working?
The 2010 Cone Shared Responsibility Study presents findings on what Americans believe the role of business in society should be and consumers' desire to be engaged in helping to influence corporate
This report from NCRP discusses how philanthropy can more effectively use limited resources to help reform and improve school systems, with specific focus on inequality in access and opportunities
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 on
Volunteer-based organizations have to keep track of a lot of data—contact info, schedules, time sheets, job sites—and the right software can help, freeing time for managing volunteers.
This toolkit from North Carolina Network of Grantmakers gives practical information on establishing a fellowship program to support the next generation of foundation leaders.
