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Publication Date: November, 2016
Research shows that one of the greatest impediments to a prosperous future for all of Michigan's people is unequal access to resources. To help foundation leaders and their boards begin ...
Resource Type: Best Practice
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: June, 2015
This toolkit includes a number of tools for Steering Committee Working Groups as they form, ... development of indicators. The tools have been generalized to be applicable across contexts; however, because no two collective impact efforts are the same, these resources should be considered a starting place to be ...
Resource Type: Resource GuideSample Document/Template
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Governance
Publication Date: June, 2011
... planning through leadership development an alternative to the status quo. Instead of expecting new leaders to rise to the occasion, this report ... opportunities arise, organizations should dedicate resources, human and financial, to developing the talent ...
Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Governance
Publication Date: January, 2010
These guides are designed to help foundations consider how more diverse and inclusive ... by making their work more effective and more reflective of communities served. By highlighting 10 ways foundations ... and launch further dialogue. There are three versions of this resource one for family, community and independent ...
Resource Type: Best Practice
Audience: Community FoundationFamily Foundation
... challenging structural inequality and enhancing the lives of Trenton residents through its Citywide grant program. I Am Trenton Community Foundation is an all-volunteer nonprofit putting resources where they matter most—in local projects run by ...
Topic: Grantmaking
... prosperous cities, JPMorgan Chase announced this week that it is providing more than $1.5 million to four nonprofit ... mentorship, technical assistance and other critical resources needed for business growth and scale. JPMorgan ...
News Type: News
Publication Date: March, 2020
A CNJG member queried our listserves with the question "How does your organization ... grants during a disaster or crisis in an equitable way to assure fairness in selecting grantees?" CNJG compiled the ...
Resource Type: Case StudyCNJG Documents/Reports
Audience: All Funders
Topic: Grantmaking
Publication Date: July, 2018

... identity has no influence on how one fares in society — is a fundamental element of social change across every issue area in the social ... and cultural messages, prevents us from attaining it. The impact of structural racism is evident not only in ...
Resource Type: Research
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Racial Equity
Impact 100 Garden State was thrilled to announce the three nonprofit recipients of $100,000 grants, based on member vote. All seven finalists ... will receive a $10,750 Merit Award. Every penny of our members' $1,000 membership contribution goes to grants to ...
News Type: News
The Healthcare Foundation of NJ is pleased to announce that it has awarded $1,719,969 to sixteen nonprofit organizations ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
... abuse survivors and high school students. “I would love it if we didn’t need to continue this work – if our work ... Fund Chair. “I’m so very grateful for the support of all our Fund members. I especially appreciate all our ... Founded 26 years ago, the Fund for Women and Girls is comprised of generous members – mostly women – who ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Publication Date: May, 2019

... Public engagement and organizing against racism has risen to historic levels and we've seen racial justice concepts ... Washington Post articles on White privilege and wider use of the phrase “systemic racism.” And funders have worked hard to keep up. In response to these conditions, PRE has produced an ...
Resource Type: Report
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: March, 2016

In the past few years, training programs promising on-ramps to high-paying tech jobs have sprung up across the country, drawing attention from the media, ... leaders, and the general public. The rapid growth of these new models for tech training – often designed to ...
Resource Type: Report
Audience: All Funders
Topic: AdministrationTechnology
Publication Date: June, 2021
Responding to the urgency of this moment in time, Asset Funder Network’s new brief is reimagining and building on past recommendations to map ...
Resource Type: Case Study
Publication Date: May, 2018
This annual report reveals results of a research study about food insecurity among older adults ... results offer data from the most recent year for which it is available, 2016, and reveals that more older adults ...
Resource Type: Report
Audience: All Funders
Funding Area: Food/Agriculture/NutritionSeniors/Aging
Publication Date: November, 2016
... on Masterpiece Theatre , Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers’s Structural Racism Theater introduces the viewer to concrete examples of structural racism and implicit bias. It’s edgy, dryly humorous, “shareable,” and an ...
Resource Type: Issue Briefing
Audience: All Funders
Publication Date: July, 2015

... early care and education (ECE) programs have been proven to create positive outcomes for children—especially among ... Yet many children from low-income families have a hard time accessing quality child care, and miss the critical ... on Nonprofit Finance Fund's research and analysis of 147 nonprofit child care centers in Southeastern ...
Resource Type: Case Study
Audience: Program Staff
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: ChildrenEducational
The Newark Philanthropic Liaison led a two-year process to develop a municipal economic empowerment blueprint that ... empowerment continuum that calls on the implementation of a tiered approach that focuses on helping residents stabilize, sustain, and secure their wealth over time. The document was created with grant funds from Cities ...
News Type: Newark Liaison
Funding Area: Newark Funders
... in 1997, CNJG has been actively engaged in a number of landmark initiatives including commissioning the first ... study of nonprofit health insurance provider conversions to for profit corporations, New Jersey Together (a major ... all levels of government in New Jersey entitled Facing Our Future , the creation of the Community Foundation of ...
... Montclair Foundation (TMF) has awarded $54,000 in grants to eight nonprofits as part of its Spring 2021 grant cycle. Grants were awarded to ... services. The Montclair Foundation’s grant program is intended to support a broad range of activities and ...
News Type: News
Topic: Grantmaking
Funding Area: Arts/Culture/HumanitiesHuman ServicesSeniors/Aging