The following tools, resources, and examples can help build your community leadership potential, and they have all been created and shared by your community foundation peers!
This page will be updated as we hear about new tools and resources that community foundations are finding useful. If you have one to share, please contact Melody MacLean at mmaclean@cfleads.org.
Strategic Plans and Framework
Strategic Framework (2019)
From the Innovia Foundation
Strategic Plan (2019)
From the Innovia Foundation
Strategic Plan 2018-2020 (2018)
From the Stanislaus Community Foundation
The Evolution of Stanislaus Community Foundation (2018)
From the Stanislaus Community Foundation
Theory of Change (2018)
From the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo
Leadership and Legacy: Greater Milwaukee Foundation Strategic Plan 2014-2018 (2018)
From the Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Community Leadership Criteria
Civic Leadership in Practice Matrix
From the New Hampshire Chariatable Foundation
Analyzing Strategies and Opportunities (2019)
From the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
Public Policy
Guidelines for Screening Involvement in Public Policy Issues (2010)
From the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
Commissioning and Sharing Data
Bay Area Equity Atlas (2019)
From the San Francisco Foundation
Greater Boston Housing Report Card (2019)
From the Boston Foundation
Hard Facts: Race and Ethnicity in the Nine-County Greater Rochester Area (2017)
From the Rochester Area Community Foundation and ACT Rochester
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Equity Continuum Toolkit: Case Study (2022)
From The Greater Milwaukee Foundation
Inclusive Dubuque Info Sheet (2019)
From The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque
People, Place, and Power: Advancing Racial and Economic Equity (2019)
From the San Francisco Foundation
Facing Race: We’re All in This Together (2019)
From the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundations
Inclusiveness Project (2013)
From The Denver Foundation
Donor Engagement
Donor Advised Fund Agreement
From the Napa Valley Community Foundation
Storytelling
A Love Letter to Stanislaus County
From the Stanislaus Community Foundation
We Are How We Treat Each Other campaign
From the Community Foundation of Herkimer and Oneida Counties
TRENDS – 2019-2021 Magazine Trailer
From the Community Foundation Serving Boulder County