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Part of the Philanthropy Roadmap series, this guide aims to explain how diversity and inclusion can be used as practical considerations for getting better results.

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Best Practice

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Board/Trustees

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Talent Retention Manual

Many communities are struggling to retain local college graduates, especially in the areas of science, technology, engineering, arts and math (STEAM). How do we encourage them to return to their communities and fill available positions?

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Best Practice

Collaborative

Ohio Nonprofit COVID-19 Survey Report

Publication date:

05/2020

Ohio’s 37,172 public charities employ 10% of Ohio’s workforce. Learn the early impact of COVID-19 on Ohio nonprofit operations.

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Research

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Administration and Management

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Disaster Relief

Environment and Sustainability

Poverty

The Social Determinants of Health

The Social Determinants of Health, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

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Research

Project Streamline Practices that Matter

Publication date:

05/2013

Project Streamline has a simple premise: that the cumulative impact of grantmakers’ distinct and often laborious application and reporting requirements undermines nonprofit effectiveness, causing grantseekers to devote too much time to seeking funding (often without payoff) and reporting on grants (often without benefit) to the detriment of their mission-based work.

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Research

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Program Staff

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Grantmaking

Beyond Grantmaking: Philanthropic Foundations as Agents of Change and Institutional Entrepreneurs

Studies examining the role of philanthropic foundations in advancing social change have primarily focused on the impact of foundations’ financial resources, but few scholars have analyzed how foundations also leverage social mechanisms to advance and legitimate desired change. We conceptualize philanthropic foundations as agents of change, known as institutional entrepreneurs, to illuminate the social mechanisms they employ in pursuit of institutional change.

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Research

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Community Foundation

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Education

Who's Hungry in Ohio?

Publication date:

10/2011

During this presentation we hope to First, provide you some background to the Map the Meal Gap study with specific Ohio numbers, and then give you a very brief explanation of the methods involved in the MMG study, an overview of what is available through this study, and how you can use the data in your local communities.

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Health, Access and Care

Preparing a Disaster Response

Publication date:

07/2020

Anticipating community crises and preparing your foundation to adapt and respond quickly are key opportunities for community foundation leaders today. Hear from Mike Parks, Jeanne Holihan and Eleanor Comyns, as they share how The Dayton Foundation has responded to three distinct disasters – a history-making series of tornadoes in May 2019, a deadly mass shooting in August 2019 and the current coronavirus pandemic – and how each dictates different approaches in both the community and grants process.

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Program Recording

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Community Foundation

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Administration and Management

Childhood Food Insecurity in the U.S.: Trends, Causes, and Policy Options

Publication date:

10/2014

Explore trends, causes and possible remedies to address the fact that 16 million American children face food insecurity.

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Research

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Community Foundation

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Advocacy

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Children, Youth, and Families

District-Scale Sustainability Scan

Publication date:

04/2014

A new report provides a framework for determining which promising practices will help you reach your goals.

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Learning from a Funders Collaborative: The Human Services Strategic Restructuring Pilot Project Follow-Up Study

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12/2013

In 2009, eighteen funders in northeast Ohio joined together in the Human Services Strategic Restructuring Pilot Project (the Collaborative) to examine how to support nonprofit organizations in strategic restructurings.

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Research

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Community Foundation

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Strengthening Nonprofit Organizations

2014 Franklin County Children’s Report: How Toxic Stress Threatens Success

Childhood stress and trauma impact children's futures and this suggests how communities can counteract such forces.

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Research

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Community Foundation

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Advocacy

Funding Area:

Children, Youth, and Families

The Road to Results –Effective Practices For Building Arts Audiences

This guide pinpoints nine successful practices that build audiences.

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Making Impact Investible

Impact investing (also referred to as “social finance”, “social impact investing”, “blended value investing” or “impact finance”) has gained significant momentum in recent years. As we move through the first quarter of the twenty-first century, this is perhaps the biggest idea to renew the relevance of finance for the real economy and social progress. Estimates indicate that impact investing could become a new asset class or investment style that will grow to USD 1 trillion by the end of the decade.

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Research

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Community Foundation

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Investments