Publication Date: April, 2007
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.
Publication Date: March, 2008
A sample document detailing the core values of the Betty and Davis Fitzgerald Foundation including restrictions on participation on nonprofit/grantee boards.
Publication Date: February, 2018
... This document includes a few responses from fellow members. If you would like to add yours to this list, ...
Publication Date: January, 2013
Native Voices Rising is a joint research and re-granting project of Native Americans in Philanthropy and Common Counsel Foundation. This report focuses on the practices and challenges of community organizing and advocacy, focusing on the need for increased investment in and sustained support for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities.
Publication Date: October, 2014
From the Commonfund, these white papers on investment policy statements, spending policy, board governance and risk tolerance, together with their most recent studies of investments at private and community foundations, operating charities and nonprofit healthcare organizations are made available though CNJG's Investment Forum for Foundations and Endowments.
Publication Date: June, 2018
... up to revive quality journalism and reconfigure the news media ecosystem. And, in fact, funding for nonprofit news media has seen a notable uptick in philanthropic ... in the Intermountain West did not have access to quality news, decided to partner with SJN on the local level to ...
Publication Date: September, 2019
... and strategy work with PSO leaders, staff and board members. Learning to Ride the Wave: Adaptive Business ...
Publication Date: December, 2010
This guide was designed to help the state’s philanthropic community understand their ethical, legal, and fiduciary requirements and obligations.
Publication Date: November, 2014
Community foundations are beginning to deepen and shift how they work, adopting an anchor mission that seeks to fully deploy all resources to build community wealth. Moving into territory relatively uncharted for community foundations, they are taking up impact investing and economic development — some in advanced ways, others with small steps. This report offers an overview of how 30 representative community foundations — including The Seattle Foundation, the Vermont Community Foundation, and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation — are working toward adopting this new anchor mission.
Publication Date: December, 2019
... visits. CNJG compiled these responses, and other documents members use. Site Visit Questions for Potential and/or ...
Publication Date: September, 2014
Foundations Facilitate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Partnering with Community and Nonprofits, a report by the OMG Center for Collaborative Learning, confirms that foundations can, in fact, facilitate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) through their grantmaking processes and their partnerships with nonprofits—and identifies eight specific practices for foundations to emulate.
Publication Date: January, 2013
A sample conflict of interest form for independent private foundations.
... of more complex collaborations at the CNJG 2023 Annual Meeting & Holiday Gathering on December 14. ... problem, or explore an untried solution. Council members collaborate in a number of ways with other funders ... Benefits & Salary Summary Report .
Publication Date: January, 2011
Sample disaster preparedness and recovery plans for foundations.
Publication Date: June, 2014
How the government can partner with impact investors to unleash new capital, talent and energy for maximum impact.
Publication Date: June, 2007
This includes insights and tips related to board governance, legal compliance, grantee communications, fiscal responsibility, public disclosure, and many other key areas of foundation governance and operations.
Publication Date: July, 2021
... log in with a username and password and type in their question. The software will send it to the ... will engage directly with foundation staff or board members, and will not work directly with donors or ... sign up for the service, and will provide each PSO with an annual report on usage by your members and the topic areas of ...
Publication Date: June, 2020
... & Salary Summary Report? Developed exclusively for CNJG members, the New Jersey Foundation Benefits & Salary Summary ... community, alongside data from the Council on Foundations' annual salary survey. The last report, produced in 2017, can ... be incredibly valuable to your organization and other CNJG members. FAQs for CNJG’s Benefit Survey ...
On this webinar, the conversation focused on the local news landscape with guests from Chalkbeat Newark, WBGO, and ... Program Officer, Dodge Foundation Brit Harley , News Voices Fellow, WBGO Kevin Callaghan , Newark ... and CEO, United Way of Greater Newark Cost : Free for CNJG Members/ $35 for Non Member Grantmakers Webinar Video Newark ...
Publication Date: November, 2012
This case study of the Council of Michigan Foundations' Peer Action Learning Network (PALN) is part of a report from New York University's Wagner Research Center for Leadership in Action. It explores the power of learning communities to build connections and knowledge to increase organizations’ community impact.