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Read how the “Power of We” is working through our network in CNJG's 2014 Mid-Year Memo to Members.
News Type: CNJG News
Publication Date: June, 2010
Resource Type: Report
Publication Date: March, 2024
... and Managing Director of the Supporting Organizing Work Funders Collaborative, Connecticut Council on ...
Resource Type: Presentation
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
Publication Date: January, 2020
... on policies regarding: 1) number of vacation days for new full-time employees; 2) paid time off (PTO); and 3) ...
Resource Type: Case StudyCNJG Documents/Reports
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Administration
Publication Date: September, 2019

... this guide shares seven practices and 12 tools for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations who seek effective ... to mobilize resources to sustain their organization’s work. The guide features perspectives from dozens of leaders ... Learning to Ride the Wave: Adaptive Business Modeling for Philanthropy-Serving Organizations ...
Resource Type: Report
Topic: Administration
Publication Date: August, 2013
... and sizes are well positioned to support Communities for a Lifetime (CfaL). This issue brief explores four roles for philanthropy in advancing CfaL work. Communities for a Lifetime: Roles for Philanthropy ...
Resource Type: Issue Briefing
Audience: Community Foundation
Funding Area: Seniors/Aging
Publication Date: September, 2013
... to the pros and cons of different philanthropic structures for Corporate entities, including Corporate Foundations, ...
Resource Type: Presentation
Audience: Corporate Giving
Topic: Corporate Philanthropy/CSR
Publication Date: August, 2024

... few or no staff are incorporating racial equity into their work to drive better decisions, achieve more equitable ...
Resource Type: ResearchResource Guide
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Community Improvement/DevelopmentRacial Equity
Publication Date: June, 2018
... to better understand and build the capacity of grantmakers for collecting and utilizing demographic data as part of their grantmaking. Their work is focused on answering four key questions: What ... How can funders use demographic data to inform their work? With the help of Kelly Brown, former Executive Director ...
Resource Type: Best PracticeResearch
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: April, 2017
For this suite of resources, GrantCraft captured the wisdom ... how foundations talk about advocacy-focused collaborative work. Drawing on additional themes and ideas explored in ... example. The bite-sized articles are intended to make this work easy to reference and share, and to read either as a ...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Strategy & Collaboration
Publication Date: November, 2013
... and national funders, and highlights key considerations for both kinds of funders to foster success in their ...
Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: March, 2020
A CNJG member received an application from a school district, and wanted to know if others granted funds to a school district, and what other funders learned from granting to a district.
Resource Type: CNJG Documents/Reports
Topic: Grantmaking
Publication Date: July, 2019
... site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and ...
Resource Type: Website
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Racial Equity
Publication Date: June, 2019
... philanthropy clients through the complexities of their work in diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) with our DEI Toolkit for Consultants to Grantmakers. Help consultants and ... sector. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Toolkit for Consultants to Grantmakers ...
Resource Type: Sample Document/Template
Funding Area: Racial Equity
Publication Date: December, 2016
... showed measurable growth in characteristics like tolerance for other points of view, an understanding that hard work can develop their knowledge and abilities, and their ... The Socioemotional Benefits of the Arts: A New Mandate for Arts Education ...
Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Arts/Culture/Humanities
... on "One on One with Steve Adubato" about the Council's work, including our 20th anniversary, the Newark Philanthropic Liaison, and our work after Superstorm Sandy. One on One with Steve Adubato ...
News Type: CNJG News
Topic: About Philanthropy
Publication Date: January, 2008
Sample board committee descriptions, including roles and responsibilities of committee members
Resource Type: Sample Document/Template
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Administration
The Fund for Women and Girls at the Princeton Area Community ... more than $200,000 in grants to six nonprofits that work to help single mothers, families with young children, ... Carolyn Sanderson, Fund Chair. “I’m so very grateful for the support of all our Fund members. I especially ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Publication Date: January, 2016
... the skills and resources they need to improve their work. Since each situation is unique and circumstances are ...
Resource Type: Resource Guide
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Administration
Publication Date: April, 2018
A CNJG corporate member asked for help with the scenario in which a corporate policy of not ... the disaster relief is based within a church. They want to work with those programs (a church serves as the program’s fiscal sponsor) who support efforts for hunger, homelessness, substance abuse recovery, racial ...
Resource Type: Case StudyCNJG Documents/Reports
Audience: Corporate Giving
Topic: Corporate Philanthropy/CSR
Funding Area: Disaster Response/Relief