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Minnesota Philanthropy Partners Employment Policy

This website by the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners includes a statement about diversity and equity in the workplace.    


Jessie Smith Noyes Investment Policy

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.  


The Challenge of Diversity

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.  


Towards a More Responsive Philanthropy: Grantmaking for Racial Equity & LGBTQ Justice

This 2012 report by the Funders for LGBTQ Issues, stems from a campaign to launch a multi-year initiative to increase grantmaking and strengthen lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) and people of color (POC) organizations and communities. This report focuses on the stories of five foundations that have made an intentional commitment to engaging communities […]


Board Actions on Diversity and Inclusion

This 2009 guide by the Council of Michigan Foundations provides a chronology of the Board’s multiple steps toward growing institutional commitment to diversity and inclusion during 2002-2009.