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Engaging Donor Advised Funds in Impact Investing: A Toolkit for Community Foundations

This 2012 toolkit by the Council on Foundations, Imprint Capital and the Greater Cincinnati Foundation provides resources to community foundations looking to engage their donors in an impact investment program. The toolkit provides information regarding the entire process from feasibility to implementation.  


The Common Vision Guide to Structural Change Grantmaking

This guide by Funders for LGBTQ Issues provides a step-by-step framework for structural change grantmaking utilizing historical experience, relationships and needs within diverse communities.  It includes a structural analysis worksheet, an impact assessment tool, and sample RFPs.  


Foundation Investment Management Practices: Thoughts of Alpha and Access for the Field

This 2012 report by the Association of Black Foundation Executives provides an assessment of the barriers preventing minority money managers from working in philanthropy and recommendations to the field.  


Ten Ways for Family Foundations to Consider Diversity and Inclusive Practices

This 2010 guide written by the Council on Foundations is designed to help foundations consider policies and practices that are more diverse and inclusive that will make their work more effective and more reflective of communities served. By highlighting 10 ways family foundations can approach diversity, this guide seeks to spark ideas and launch further […]