Updates and Resources
Coming Soon: Community Foundation Leadership Coalition
Last year, we let you know about a new, optional, paid add-on to Council membership for community foundations. We’re excited to share that we will soon be launching this as the CF Leadership Coalition: Policy and Communications Add-On.
This add-on offers the opportunity to join a network of community foundations working to advance shared policy priorities, respond to emerging challenges, and strengthen the sector’s collective voice. Those who purchase the add-on will also receive new benefits including issue-based briefings, real-time updates sent to your leadership, and more. Stay tuned for more information in late March on pricing, timing, and additional new benefits.
Bridging Differences Leadership Cohort Applications
Due Friday
The Bridging Differences Leadership Cohort is a facilitated virtual learning experience that supports funders looking to build constructive dialogue and understanding across differences. Hosted in partnership with the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley (GGSC), the cohort meets monthly from April through November (with an orientation in March).
Check out our roster of speakers including experts from the Fremont Area Community Foundation, Lancaster County Community Foundation, Cleveland Foundation, and more.
The application window closes this week - apply by Friday, February 20!
CF Insights Highlight
Free Webinar: Community Foundation Trends - Highlights from the CF Insights FY24 Annual Survey
Join us on Tuesday, March 24 at 1 p.m. ET as we unpack the findings from the CF Insights FY24 Annual Survey and hear how peers across the country can leverage detailed community foundation business model data to inform their own operations and strategy.
Dave Rosado, Senior Advisor for Community Philanthropy, will discuss the latest CF Insights data snapshot, highlighting trends across the field and the key differences between community foundations of different sizes. He will also give an overview of how to use the CF Insights benchmarking tool to generate customized peer groups and reports.
Caresa Summers, Manager, Executive Office with the Santa Fe Community Foundation will join to share their use case for how they leveraged the data to inform internal decision-making.
Visit our website to learn more about CF Insights or email the team at cfinsights@cof.org anytime with your questions.
Communications Toolkit for Working Across Differences
Our new communications toolkit teaches you how to talk about connecting and collaborating across differences. Download for research‑backed guidance, including one‑minute messages, winning words that make it easy to break down this complex topic in a simple way, and data‑driven proof points illustrating the widespread agreement for this work—helping you spark action and motivate skeptics.
The toolkit draws from our national survey of 1,000 American adults, in-depth one-on-one interviews, and a landscape analysis to reveal how people view work to connect and collaborate across differences and the role that foundations should play in engaging in and investing in this work. Download for free today.
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