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Publication Date: September, 2012
A working glossary of terms to help shape a common language for work in Community Capacity. This glossary is intended to ...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Audience: Community Foundation
Topic: About Philanthropy
Funding Area: Community Improvement/Development
Publication Date: June, 2020
... community. This web-based workbook is resource dense, so for best results, use a computer to view and use it. ...
Resource Type: Resource GuideWebsite
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: October, 2013
D5′s State of the Work 2013 features lessons learned from executives of the ... align their goals around DEI which made integrating DEI work in the foundation and the community much more effective. ... ethnically diverse populations. D5's State of the Work 2013 ...
Resource Type: Case Study
Audience: Corporate GivingFamily Foundation
... of nonprofit health insurance provider conversions to for profit corporations, New Jersey Together (a major ... within our state’s largest city administration. Past Work Highlights ...
Over the previous 25+ years, CNJG has advocated for issues that affect both the philanthropic and nonprofit ... in New Jersey entitled Facing Our Future . Past Advocacy Work ...
Publication Date: June, 2015
This toolkit includes a number of tools for Steering Committee Working Groups as they form, determine ... an action planning template, and sample instructions for the development of indicators. The tools have been ... to the unique circumstances of each initiative. Tools for Steering Committee Working Groups ...
Resource Type: Resource GuideSample Document/Template
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Governance
Publication Date: March, 2019
The long, hard work of advancing racial equity is deeply personal work for everyone involved in it. In this video, United ... ethnicity. The Forum is grateful to everyone in the video for being willing to share their personal journeys on working ...
Resource Type: Presentation
Publication Date: November, 2018
Assessing the performance of a foundation is notoriously challenging, but it is crucial to learning and improvement. How well do foundation leaders believe they understand what is and isn’t working in their foundation’s programmatic efforts? How are they building that understanding? What information are they choosing to share with others?
To answer these questions, CEP surveyed and conducted in-depth interviews with private and community foundation leaders regarding what they know about what is and isn’t working in their foundations’ efforts to achieve their goals. Based on 119 survey responses and 41 interviews, Understanding & Sharing What Works: The State of Foundation Practice shares what CEP learned.
Resource Type: Research
Audience: All FundersCommunity Foundation
Publication Date: June, 2013
... document is to advance the Hewlett Foundation’s existing work to make their evaluation practices more consistent ...
Resource Type: Best Practice
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: December, 2009
In this guide, contributors share strategies for structuring a collaborative to fit its purpose, building ... making grants. Funder Collaboratives: Why and How Funders Work Together ...
Resource Type: Case Study
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
Publication Date: July, 2018
... and fulfill our organizational missions. AWAKE to WOKE to WORK: Building a Race Equity Culture ...
Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Racial Equity
Publication Date: December, 2011
... Initiative. Next Generation Community Revitalization: A Work in Progress ...
Resource Type: Report
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
Publication Date: November, 2012
... a report from New York University's Wagner Research Center for Leadership in Action, commissioned by Grantmakers for Effective Organizations. The PALN case study, along ... Power of Learning: How Learning Communities Amplify the Work of Nonprofits and Grantmakers ...
Resource Type: Case Study
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
Publication Date: October, 2020
... on their design, use and oversight. Fortunately, advocates for children and families have an opportunity to shape the ... analytics and create frameworks that make these tools work for — not against — young people. This brief looks at the ...
Resource Type: Report
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Technology
Publication Date: February, 2019
... Partnerships: When Funders, Evaluators, and Intermediaries Work Together ...
Resource Type: Report
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
... that many organizations will continue to operate virtually for some time, and others are even considering what it would ... forward. Anyone interested in providing a remote work option for employees, going fully virtual for the long-term, or ...
Event Type: Funder Briefing
Audience: All Funders
Topic: COVID-19
Publication Date: July, 2021
Two different CNJG members queried the CEO listserve on how/when/how to return to the office following the COVID-19 pandemic. CNJG staff compiled the answers from the responding members removing identifying information of the respondents.
Resource Type: Case StudyCNJG Documents/Reports
Audience: All Funders
Topic: AdministrationCOVID-19
Publication Date: June, 2013
... and NTEN addresses the disconnect between the tactical work of collecting and tracking data and the strategic work of defining and using the data for the organization's mission. Getting Started With Data- ...
Resource Type: Sample Document/Template
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Publication Date: October, 2023
... Policy Agenda that includes our approach to the policy work, and five policy priorities. CNJG Policy Agenda ...
Resource Type: CNJG Documents/Reports
Audience: All FundersPolicy Makers
Topic: Public Policy