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Getting Focused on Community Impact: Using the Opportunity Filter Tool
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Peers throughout the Midwest region learn about tools to keep community foundation work mission-aligned.
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Navigating Scholarships and Grants to Individuals
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Peers throughout the Midwest region review the legal requirements for scholarships and learn about emerging scholarship issues in the field.
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45 Tips for Better Teams through Equitable Employee Handbooks
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This session focuses on employee handbooks – a foundational document that establishes the working agreement between employees and the organization and is essential to creating equity and operationalizing your vision.
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Developing an Engaged Community Foundation Board
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Kick off the new year by re-visiting your board engagement process.
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Exploring FAQs on Fund Agreements
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Dive into common issues community foundation staff face when managing component funds.
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Making an Impact Through Mission-Aligned Investment Strategies
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Discover how the Cleveland Foundation has made significant strides in incorporating equity into their work and used their foundation’s endowment to strengthen their commitment to organizational values.
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Insight from the Midwest Climate Energy Funders Group Network
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Join this engaging Midwest program to learn more about the Midwest Climate Energy Funders Group Network and how funders from across the region at varying scales are collaborating to impact one of today’s most pressing issues – climate change.
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Trust-Based Philanthropy Primer
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Learn how to apply the trust-based philanthropic frame within your work at this engaging Midwest program.
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Adapting and Reimagining Our Grantmaking
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Learn how grantmakers can stay accountable to the communities they serve, particularly Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities who are and will be disproportionately impacted.
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Involving Donors in Community Crises and Leadership Opportunities
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Community foundations invite donors and fundholders to respond to both immediate crises—ranging from the COVID19 pandemic to natural disasters—and our foundations’ long-range leadership opportunities. We know how to bring the money in. But how do we best steward, retain, and advise those donors.