This toolkit is designed to help funders recognize the aspects of great relationships with your nonprofit partners, assess competencies, and consider ways to improve how to work with one another. Many ideas in this toolkit were generated by funders and nonprofits during a series of half-day programs around the country, hosted in partnership with the... Read More
This profile grid is used to assess the skills, experience and demographics of current Board of Directors and identify gaps for recruitment purposes. We thank the AJL Foundation for providing our membership with this sample. Read More
Funders work on society’s toughest challenges and hopeful possibilities…and it takes the engagement of the media to educate, activate, and propel change. With the changing landscape of how communities get their news, traditional media seems to be shrinking and online media growing. Funders have an opportunity to support news in ways beyond a press release.... Read More
Download a sample media advisory, news release, and other tools to engage with the media. Read More
See how one corporation structures its giving program. Read More
Download sample guidelines to share with board members or staff who will attend site visits. Read More