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This resource is intended to explore frequently asked questions involved in preventing and managing through challenging operational and grantmaking situations, primarily around situations of financial mismanagement and fraud.
With the magnitude of changes in federal employment laws and regulations that employers have been expected to navigate in the last year, many are realizing that they need some more information and support. This presentation will provide you with a roadmap on hot topics.
This page contains resources, best practices, and performance review templates.
This session addresses challenges in compensation where questions most arise, such as how to determine disqualified persons and reasonableness for foundation executives, including family members.
Join us and a panel of national experts, who support foundation staff and trustees like you every day, as they discuss what they are hearing from your peers and provide insight on best practices.
Community foundations are uniquely poised to support the leadership pipelines in their respective communities. Hear about what you need as you start, refine, or consider managing a leadership development program.
Indiana Philanthropy Alliance, Council of Michigan Foundations and Philanthropy Ohio are pleased to provide you the Sustainability Costing Tool. It is our hope that community foundations will use this tool to generate data that will empower them to develop a path toward sustainability
In this webinar you'll learn how you can implement effective management practices to plan for successful succession, transition, and onboarding of new staff at all levels of your organization.
This webinar will cover the key elements of a fund agreement, share ideas for creating fund agreements that work over time, and provide guidance on how to change a fund.
These sample disclosure forms ask individuals to list their affiliations with other entities that might potentially affect their independent decision making in order to identify potential conflicts of interest based on an expansive definition of affiliated persons.
See sample documents below containing job descriptions for positions at private foundations and community foundations.
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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.
Sample board and committee descriptions, including roles and responsibilities of committee members.
This page contains personnel and employee handbook resources for community foundations.
This page contains Sustainability resources for community foundations.
