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IS Written Testimony - Joint Economic Committee - June 2020
Public Policy Portfolio: Policy Decision Filter
The Forum's Public Policy Portfolio includes a decision filter for members to use when considering whether and what action to take regarding a public policy issue.
Journey Toward Racial Equity Report: Year 2
Opening Plenary: Building Talent for Our Organizations, Field & Communities: A 21st Century Imperative
We’ll kick off the conference by hearing from Jamie Merisotis, a globally recognized leader in philanthropy, higher education and public policy.
Strengthening Democracy, Increasing Opportunities: Impacts of Advocacy, Organizing and Civic Engagement
This research documents how 15 nonprofit organizations in Los Angeles County and their allies leveraged foundation grants to secure nearly $91 of benefit for every dollar spent for Los Angeles citizens.
Reserve & Investment Policies
A collection of sample financial policy guidelines for reserve funds and investments from philanthropy-serving organizations.
Year in Review & Annual Reports
See how other philanthropy-serving organizations communicate the wrap-up of a year's worth of activities.
Sector Letter Calls for Quarterly BLS Nonprofit Job Reports
Giving Together: A National Scan of Giving Circles and Shared Giving
This 2005 study documents and describes the range and types of giving circle-related activity nationwide.
Giving Studies
The following Giving Studies were produced by regional associations to report on organized giving in their service areas, identify and understand the impact and matters of philanthropy, and provide a broad picture of a region's private charitable resources.
CF Insights' Columbus Survey Is Underway
Towards an Equitable Response and Recovery: Grantmaking Strategy Under COVID-19
Anchor Institution, Community Revitalization and the Role of Philanthropic Leadership
Resources from a concurrent session during the 2019 Forum Annual Conference in Cleveland, OH that featured representatives of Cleveland and Baltimore discussing the Evergreen Cooperative, Baltimore Integration Project and the Greater University Circle Neighborhood Initiatives as examples of collective leadership and anchor institutions that have made real change in struggling communities.
Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions
The Democracy Collaborative’s report Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local communities.
Growing Economies in Indian Country: Taking Stock of Progress and Partnerships A Summary of Challenges, Recommendations, and Promising Efforts
This report summarizes challenges to economic and business development in Native American communities. These challenges were identified during the 2011 Growing Economies in Indian Country: Taking Stock of Partnerships and Progress (GEIC) workshop series. This report also offers key recommendations, best practices, and promising efforts shared by the GEIC workshop participants and informed by several studies and reports issued over the last several years that pertain to the challenges and barriers.