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For philanthropy to have a tremendous impact in addressing the tragic substance use disorder crisis, new approaches to public policy and government partner engagement must be coordinated.
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Responding to the substance use disorder crisis is done community by community. Once programs, models and organizations are developed and find success, these can be replicated to serve other communities.
Listserv Question - A colleague would like to know if your Foundation makes grants to government agencies / entities. And if so, how do you address that in your guidelines and / or bylaws?
Listserv Question - A colleague is looking for recommendations for grant writers (firms or individuals) with experience in governmental grant writing, foundation grantmaking, etc. Do you work with contractual grant writers?
Listserv Question - We are sending one full-time salaried employee and two part-time hourly employees to an out-of-town conference for 3 days (that includes Sunday for travel). They are getting reimbursed for travel expenses and hotel. I'm not sure how to handle meal expenses (a daily stipend?) and how the employees should be compensated while they are gone (hourly wages? If so, how many hours per day -- just the hours they are actually attending the conference?). We have not done this before -- it was always either myself or our VP and we took no additional benefits for the time away. Can any of you offer any advice?
Listserv Question - What CRM system are you currently using to track donor and perspective donor information?
Listserv Question - We are looking for policies regarding the gift of life insurance policies.
Public Policy Statement - Sample document from the Community Foundation of Boulder County
Safety Net Initiative - Sample document from the Community Foundation of Boulder County
Sample document from the Community Foundation of Shelby County - Life Insurance Gift Policy
Listserv responses - Non-endowed Scholarships - 8/13/2019
List of community foundations ranked by assets (as of October 2019)
Listserv Postback - A POH colleague would like to collect sample RFPs for investment consulting services.
Information Request: Print vs. digital newsletters
Grants for nonprofit salaries - Listserv Postback 7/24/2019
Grant guidelines sample document - Community Foundation of Shelby County
Staff Board Service - Listserv Postback 6/27/2019
Sample document from Community Foundation of Lorain County
