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Use this document to help initiate conversations about how your foundation's mission and values connect to integrating DEI policies and practices.

Foundation leaders committing to values-aligned philanthropy to ensure their grantmaking efforts do not fund hate and extremism may encounter hesitancy from unexpected sources: their own boards. In our new Values-Aligned Philanthropy Board Discussion Guide, we lay out tips for communicating the…

Updated June 2024 The Activity-Based Costing (ABC) toolkit helps your community foundation assess the performance of your community foundation’s products and services to make informed decisions and improve sustainability. Match economics to mission, gauge your investment in community leadership,…

Building on the Activity-Based Costing methodology, the Interactive Strategy Model (ISM) helps community foundations model the impact of strategic changes on their economics. Consulting services are available for any of our CF Insights operating model analysis tools. Email cfinsights@cof.org to…

The Economic Scenario Planning (ESP) Model, or “Stress Test,” allows community foundations to create five-year forecasts to answer questions about the potential effects of investment market performance and donor behavior. Consulting services are available for any of our CF Insights operating model…

Speaker Resources Welcome to our Speaker Resources Webpage! On this page you will find a few resources that have been developed to support our speakers in preparing to present at Leading Locally 2023. We hope that you will find the resources included below helpful and we look forward to your…

Leading Locally 2023 Marketing Toolkit  Tips for using this toolkit: Copy and paste this text to use on your organization’s social platforms. For email, when you copy and paste the content, make sure the formatting is okay in your blast email system. It may require some cleaning. For…

Celebrating National Community Foundation Week November 12-18: Engage with Your Local Community Today! Community Foundation Week, created in 1989 by former president George H.W. Bush, recognizes the important work of community foundations throughout America and their collaborative and innovative…

The philanthropic sector has a unique opportunity to highlight the voices and concerns of the communities it serves. Nonprofit VOTE, Independent Sector, United Philanthropy Forum, and the Council on Foundations believe we should bring those voices to the forefront. By producing a toolkit to provide…

Through partnership and with the leadership of Council of Michigan Foundations, the Council on Foundations is excited to share customizable marketing tools repackaged from the original portfolio created by the National Marketing Action Team (NMAT).   Whether you need to jumpstart your…

Sometimes the hardest part of engaging in advocacy can be figuring out where to start. Government is the mechanism for public policy process, and elected officials and their staff are driving and creating policies. As their constituents and important stakeholders in civil society, they need to…