This website by More for Mission Investing provides investment policy statements for family, community, and independent foundations.
This website by the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners includes a statement about diversity and equity in the workplace.
This 2001 investment policy update by Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation is designed to align with the philanthropic mission of the organization. It includes details on investment philosophy, spending and goals, guidelines, and exclusionary and inclusionary screens consistent with the foundation’s mission and values.
This brochure by Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation provides a statement of how diversification of the Board and staff has enriched the foundation’s focus and strategies.
This 2011/2012 article by Barbara Heisler in Responsive Philanthropy provides case examples of foundations using an activist-advised model of grant making — democratizing philanthropy by handing grantmaking decisions to boards of activists that represent the diversity of the community.
