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Strategic Planning Documents
Strategic planning can help philanthropy-serving organizations meet the current and future needs of the foundations they serve. Yet to be successful, a strategic plan must provide concrete goals and realistic deadlines for meeting them.
Top 10 Philanthropy Resources for Mid-May
Regional Associations Spread the Word on #GivingTuesday
Clarissa's Battle: A Powerful ECE Advocacy Tool
What Happens After the “Win”? - Lessons Learned from State and Local Money in Politics Campaigns
Rural Philanthropy: What Do We Need to Do to Support Rural Communities?
Resources from a concurrent session during the 2019 Forum Annual Conference in Cleveland, OH that featured representatives of Grantmakers in Aging, Philanthropy Northwest, Southeastern Council of Foundations, Environmental Grantmakers Association, and Rural Philanthropic Analysis Project at Campbell University who discussed disparities that rural philanthropy is experiencing from lack of attention and understanding from philanthropy.
Think Tank: Equitable Evaluation Initiative
Resources from a concurrent session during the 2019 Forum Annual Conference in Cleveland, OH that featured Jara Dean-Coffey of Luminare Group and Equitable Evaluation Initiative who discussed what is happening with Equitable Evaluation and what can be done to continue to move toward implementing it into our work. This session highlighted strategies to implement, and encourage foundation members to make use of equitable evaluations.
2017 Forum Annual Conference Speakers
2014 Conference Participant Packet
Each conference attendee received a copy of the following in their participant packet.
Membership Peer Community
We will continue the lively conversation about onboarding processes on the Membership Peer Community listserv for the first 30 minutes of the meeting followed by break-out discussions.
ForumNation Episode 1 - Daranee Petsod
The ROI Conversation: Your members are talking about it, shouldn't you?
Ohio Grantmakers Forum Becomes Philanthropy Ohio; Names New President
2022 FOTH Materials
Forum members share 2022 FOTH materials. Responses are compiled below by known organizations.
National Philanthropic Orgs Letter - The ACE Act (2021)
A letter from the Forum and national partners regarding the Accelerating Charitable Efforts (or ACE Act).
Johnson Amendment FSGG Sign-On Letter
A sign-on letter to Chairman Quigley, Ranking Member Graves, Chairman Kennedy, and Ranking Member Coons to uphold the Johnson Amendment.