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Community Foundation Job Descriptions - Indiana Samples
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Sample job descriptions for positions at community foundations.
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Glossary of Philanthropic Terms
... open and freely available, doing so can help them do their jobs better by clarifying the objectives they are seeking, ...
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Board Committee Descriptions and Responsibilities
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Sample board and committee descriptions, including roles and responsibilities of committee members.
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Foundation Chief Executive Evaluation Form
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A sample form used by a foundation's board of directors to evaluation the chief executive officer.
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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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Your Toolkit for Successful Evaluations
This resource has been designed and assembled by the Macro International evaluation team with the support of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation as a starter kit to promote the integration of effective evaluation into grantmaker education programs.
Personnel Handbook
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This page contains Personnel Handbook resources for community foundations.
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Creating Order from Chaos: Disaster Guidebook from Jessie Ball duPont Fund
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The Jessie Ball duPont Fund created this guidebook to document what it learned about disaster response during the weeks and months following the 2011 Alabama tornadoes.
Informal Guide to Disaster Recovery
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Developed by IPA following the 2008 floods, this guide contains principles and tips from the Council on Foundations, accompanied by Indiana "in action" examples. It also includes information on hardship grants to individuals.
Economic Stability
The third issue brief in IPA's series on aging explores how funders can support financial security for older adults.
Family Caregiving
The second issue brief in IPA's series on aging explores the largest source of long-term care services in the country: family caregiving.
Foundations on the Hill
... space—and Congress can narrow it, making our jobs harder, or broaden it, giving us more freedom to serve ...
Member Benefits
... using IPA’s in-house Gallup StrengthsFinder facilitator. Jobs Board Attract talented professionals from within our ...