Glasspockets.org is a web site created by the Foundation Center focused on transparency in philanthropy. The website serves to inspire private foundations to achieve greater openness in their communications and practices.
This 2009 toolkit was created by The California Endowment following the foundation’s internal assessment of its diversity policies and practices. Social Policy Research Associates (SPR) conducted a national scan that included interviews with foundation leaders and reviews of foundations’ online materials. The results were so innovative and profound that the Endowment believed other funders might […]
The Council on Foundations website provides resources regarding diversity and inclusion within philanthropic and nonprofit organizations. COF has made a commitment to promote diversity and inclusion within the organization and to encourage other organizations to incorporate similar policies and practices.
This toolbox was created in 2008 by a partnership among NCGives, Community Foundations Serving North Carolina, and a working group of the North Carolina Network of Grantmakers. This toolbox is intended to provide support to community foundations that are interested in moving towards greater community engagement particularly with communities of color, women and youth. The […]
This 2010 report by the Community Research Institute, Johnson Center for Philanthropy at Grand Valley State University in collaboration with the Council of Michigan Foundations and the Diversity in Philanthropy Project undertook an analysis of organizational policies of 11 foundations. The purpose of this examination was to look at policies and practices of foundations and […]
