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Community Foundation Bylaws
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Sample bylaws for Community Foundations.
Toolkits, Templates, & Sample Documents
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Community Foundation Conflict of Interest Policies
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Sample conflict of interest policies for Community Foundations.
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Guide to Establishing a Youth Philanthropy Program
A guide to assist newly established or emerging youth philanthropy programs, offered in a turn-key approach with best practices and lessons learned.
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Engaging Youth in Fundraising
Guidebook to help engage youth in community and organizational fundraising.
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Storytelling for Good: Communications Toolkit
Discover tools, case studies, and research that illustrate best practices.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Tookit for Consultants to Grantmakers
A toolkit to help guide philanthropy through the complexities of their work in diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Balancing Purpose, Payout, and Permanence
This Strategy Guide invites you to reflect more deeply on how your foundation chooses to balance four factors—purpose, conditions and trends, time horizons, and assets for mission—especially in times of greater crisis or opportunity.
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Developing a Whistleblower Policy
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The heightened focus on nonprofit accountability in recent years has spurred calls for foundations and public charities to have adequate policies and procedures in place to ensure sound governance. One such policy that has become a recommended best practice for the sector is a whistleblower protection policy, yet most nonprofits still don’t have one. Here are some basic issues to consider when developing a whistleblower protection policy for your grantmaking organization.
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Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Plan Templates
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Download and personalize this template to create a plan that outlines your strategy in response to a disaster, provides essential information for the continuity of critical business functions, and identifies resources to: