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Not Just A Direction, But An AIM: Resources

Resources

In preparation for our upcoming event "Not Just A Direction, But An AIM: Equity & Philanthropy", we have prepared some pre-reading and conference resources. These may be useful in helping to gain insight as to what current work is being done and what has been written in the fields of career building, leadership, collaboration and racial equity in grantmaking.

We encourage you to take a look!

Suggested conference pre-reading

Building Your Career as a Grantmaker

Welcome to the Working Week: Roles, Responsibilites, Obstacles and Opportunities in a Grantmaker's Life (Council on Foundations- Grantmaking Basics)
The Savvy CEO: Advice from Someone Who's Been There (Council on Foundations)
2006 Grantmaker Salary and Benefit Report (Council on Foundations)
Inching to the Top: Nonprofit managers who are minorities search for a quicker way up the ladder (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Staying at the Top of Their Game: Charity leaders learn how to win, both personally and professionally, with the help of executive coaches (Chronicle of Philanthropy)
Get out of Your Rut (Foundation News & Commentary)

Building Effective Leaders in Institutional Philanthropy

How the Ford Foundation Should Select a New Leader (Chronicle of Philanthropy)

Good Grantmaking Requires Expertise (Chronicle of Philanthropy)

The Seven Priniciples of Firmly Centered Grantmakers (Foundation News and Commentary)

Experienced Grantmakers at Work: When Creativity Comes Into Play (The Foundation Center)

What Does It Take? Attributes of Effective Community Foundation Chief Executives (The James Irvine Foundation)

Building on a Better Foundation Toolkit (Minnesota Council on Foundations)

Equity & Grantmaking

Profiles in Foundation Giving to Communities of Color (Marga Incorporated)
Inside Inclusiveness: Race, Ethnicity and Nonprofit Organizations (The Denver Foundation)
Short Changed : Foundation Giving and Communities of Color (Applied Research Center)
Pathways to Progress (Effective Communities, LLC)
Investing in a Diverse Democracy: Foundation Giving to Minority-Led Nonprofits (The Greenlining Institute)
Race, Culture, Power and Inclusion in Foundations (Marga Incorporated - A Report Conducted for the Annie E. Casey Foundation)