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An Agile Servant: Community Leadership by Community Foundations
Magat, Richard (ed.)
Foundation Center; National Agenda for Community Foundations. Community Leadership Project. New York, NY. , 1989
Link: http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Servant-Community-Leadership-Foundations/dp/0879543329
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Background/Historical, Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
An Endangered Species in Desperate Need of a New Generation of Leadership
Carson, Emmett. D.
Remarks by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D. to Morehouse College graduates, 2008
Link: http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/docs/speeches/morehouse_commencement_speech_08.pdf
Source: Speeches
Topics: General Reading, Innovation and Learning -
ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership – Video Content for the Association Community
ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership, Washington, DC.
Link: http://www.asaecenter.org/PublicationsResources/content.cfm?ItemNumber=38164&navItemNumber=38450
Source: Multimedia (including stories, lectures, etc.)
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices, Stories and Profiles -
Assessing Foundation Performance: Current Practices, Future Possibilities – Lessons Learned From a Gathering of Foundation Leaders.
Seminar: November 14-15, 2002. Boston, Massachusetts, Sponsored by The Boston Foundation
Cambridge, MA, 2003
Link: http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/images/pdfs/cep02seminar.pdf
Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning -
Beyond Authority: Leadership in a Changing World
Middleton, Julia - Palgrave Macmillan
2007
Link: http://www.commonpurpose.org/home/books.aspx
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Innovation and Learning -
Beyond Money and Grant-Making: The Emerging Role of Community Foundations
TCFN Working Group, "The Non-Grantmaking Roles of Community Foundations".
Link: http://www.tcfn.efc.be/download.php?d=64
Source: Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN)
Topics: Getting Started, Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices, Stories and Profiles -
Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy
Bolduc, Kevin, Ellie Buteau, Greg Laughlin, Ron Ragin, & Judith A. Ross
Cambridge, MA, 2008
Link: http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/images/pdfs/CEP_Wallace_CaseStudy.pdf
Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
Beyond the Rhetoric: Foundation Strategy
Bolduc, Kevin, Ellie Buteau, Greg Laughlin, Ron Ragin, & Judith A. Ross
Cambridge, MA, 2007
Link: http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/images/pdfs/CEP_Beyond_the_Rhetoric.pdf
Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Community Catalyst: How Community Foundations Are Acting as Agents for Local Change
The James Irvine Foundation, Los Angeles, 2003
Link: www.irvine.org/assets/pdf/pubs/philanthropy/CFI_Paper.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Innovation and Learning, Neighbourhood/Grassroots/Place-Based Approaches, Stories and Profiles -
Community Change Makers: The Leadership Roles of Community Foundations
Hamilton, Ralph, Julie Parzen, & Prue Brown
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago and the Program on Philanthropy and Community Change. , 2004
Link: http://www.cfleads.org/toolbox/docs/Community_Change_Makers.pdf
Source: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Community Change: Theories, Practice, and Evidence
Fulbright-Anderson, Karen & Patricia Auspos (eds) Aspen Institute Roundtable on Community Change.
Queenstown, MD, 2006
Link: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/atf/cf/%7BDEB6F227-659B-4EC8-8F84-8DF23CA704F5%7D/COMMUNITYCHANGE-FINAL.PDF
Source: Aspen Institute
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Community Foundations Take the Lead : Promising Approaches to Building Inclusive and Equitable Communities
McGill, Lisa D., Bonnie Kornberg, & Caitlin Johnson
Kansas City, MO, 2007
Link: http://www.cfleads.org/CFLeads/pubs/CommunityFoundations_Take-the-Lead_10.07.pdf
Source: CFLeads
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Planning, Social Justice, Stories and Profiles -
Community Foundations' Effectiveness and Impact: Lessons from Other Funders and Nonprofits.
11. Mott, Andrew
Washington, DC: Aspen Institute. , 2006
Link: http://www.nonprofitresearch.org/usr_doc/WhitePapersWP.pdf
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning -
Community Foundations’ Leadership – Traditional, Change Agent, or Nonexistent?
Wolfe, Rebecca
Stanford University, San Francisco, CA, 2005
Link: http://arnova.omnibooksonline.com/2006/data/papers/PN062035.3.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Neighbourhood/Grassroots/Place-Based Approaches, Policy/Best Practices -
Community Leadership: Community Change through Public Action
Rickman, Sarah
Kettering Foundation, Washington, DC. , 1999
Link: http://www.kettering.org/programs/community.aspx
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
Community-Based Public Foundations: Small Beacons for Big Ideas
Cohen, Rick
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy,Washington, DC, 2004
Link: http://www.ncrp.org/publications?p=product&id=13&parent=2
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Creating Canadian Movements for Change
Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement, Waterloo, ON. , 2005
Link: http://tamarackcommunity.ca/downloads/M4C/m4c_report.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Social Justice -
Effective Organizations Achieve Superior Results
Kramer, Kirk
2008
Link: http://media.bridgespan.org/bridgespan/EffectiveOrganizationsAchieveSuperiorResults.html
Source: Multimedia (including stories, lectures, etc.)
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
For Communities to Work
Mathews, David
Kettering Foundation, Washington, DC. , 2002
Link: http://www.kettering.org/programs/community.aspx
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Innovation and Learning -
From Insight to Action: NewDirections in Foundation Evaluation
Kramer, Mark, Rebecca Graves, Jason Hirschhorn, Jason, & Leigh Fiske
FSG Social Impact Advisors. Boston, MA. , 2007
Link: http://fsg-impact.org/app/content/ideas/pdf/488_FromInsighttoAction_NewDirectionsinFoundationEvaluation.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning -
Growing Smarter: Achieving Sustainability in Emerging Community Foundations
James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Link: http://www.irvine.org/assets/pdf/pubs/philanthropy/Growing_Smarter.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
Hard Lessons about Philanthropy & Community Change from the Neighborhood
Fiester, Leila, & Prudence Brown
Prepared for the William & Flora Hewlett Foundation by the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. , 2007
Link: http://www.hewlett.org/NR/rdonlyres/6D05A0B4-D15E-47FA-B62E-917741BB9E72/0/HewlettNIIReport.pdf
Source: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Innovation and Learning, Neighbourhood/Grassroots/Place-Based Approaches, Stories and Profiles -
Have We Been Slow to Take Up Social Justice Issues?
Milne, Carolyn
2001
Link: http://www.tcfn.efc.be/download.php?d=3
Source: Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN)
Topics: Innovation and Learning, International/Global, Social Justice -
In Building Civil Society, Community Foundations Should Engage All of Their Resources and Not Restrict Themselves to their Grant-Making Function
Feldstein, Lew
Link: http://www.tcfn.efc.be/download.php?d=9
Source: Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN)
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Getting Started, Innovation and Learning -
Innovation in Context: New Foundation Approaches to Evaluation, Collaboration and Best Practices
Backer, Thomas E.
Human Interaction Research Institute, Encino, CA, 1999
Link: http://www.humaninteract.org/publications.htm
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Investing in leadership : Volume 2: Inspiration and Ideas from Philanthropy's Latest Frontier
Enright, Kathleen P.
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Washington, DC. , 2006
Link: http://www.geofunders.org/register.aspx?returl=document-details.aspx&oid=acd2ab19-ab0a-4f3d-92f4-0341d542b7a0
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices, Stories and Profiles -
Leaderful Communities: A Study in Community Leadership
Born, Paul
2008
Link: http://tamarackcommunity.ca/g3_books.html
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Leading the Field Volume II: Profiles of Community Foundation Leadership in Building Better Communities
Presented by the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities
Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities. , 2004
Link: http://d.scribd.com/docs/ecyse3e923czbfj6re0.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Neighbourhood/Grassroots/Place-Based Approaches, Stories and Profiles -
Learning and Evaluation for Trail Builder Initiatives in Vibrant Communities
2005
Link: http://tamarackcommunity.ca/downloads/vc/TBpackage.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning -
Learning for Community Change: Core Components of Foundations that Learn
Hamilton, Ralph, Prudence Brown, Robert J. Chaskin, Leila Fiester, Harold Richman, Aaron Sojourner, & Josh Weber
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, 2006
Link: http://www.chapinhall.org/home.aspx
Source: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Lessons from the Field: Aiming for Excellence at the Wallace Foundation
Ross, Judith A.
Cambridge, MA, 2008
Link: http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/images/pdfs/CEP_Wallace_CaseStudy.pdf
Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
Local Mission-Global Vision: Community Foundations in the 21st Century
Hero, Peter deCourcy & Peter Walkenhorst, Peter (eds.)
Foundation Center, New York, NY. , 2008
Link: http://foundationcenter.org/marketplace/catalog/product_monograph.jhtml?id=prod2100001
Source: Books & Journal Articles
Topics: Innovation and Learning, International/Global, Policy/Best Practices -
Looking Down the Road: Leadership for Canada's Changing Communities
Maxwell, Judith
Calgary: TCFN, October 16 – 17, 2006
Link: http://www.tcfn.efc.be/download.php?d=352
Source: Community Foundations of Canada (CFC)
Topics: Collaboration/Partnerships, Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Looking for Leadership in Likely Places
Omidvar, Ratna
The Maytree Foundation, Toronto, 2003
Link: http://maytree.com/PDF_Files/SpeechLookingForLeadershipInLikelyPlaces2003.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Diversity, Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
Making a Difference: A Community Impact Series
Council on Foundations, Washington, DC. , 2008
Link: http://www.cof.org/Members/content.cfm?ItemNumber=1637
Source: Multimedia (including stories, lectures, etc.)
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning -
Measuring Innovation: Evaluation in the Field of Social Entrepreneurship
Kramer, Mark
Skoll Foundation, Palo Alto, CA. , 2005
Link: http://www.skollfoundation.org/media/skoll_docs/Measuring%20Innovation%20(Skoll%20and%20FSG%20Report).pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning -
Mobilizing Change: 10 Nonprofit Policy Proposals To Strengthen U.S. Communities
Queenstown, MD, 2008
Link: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/atf/cf/%7BDEB6F227-659B-4EC8-8F84-8DF23CA704F5%7D/NSPPmoblzchng(print).pdf
Source: Aspen Institute
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
More than Money: Making a Difference with Assistance Beyond the Grant
Buteau, Ellie, Phil Buchanan, Cassie Bolanos, Andrea Brock, & Kelly Chang Foundation case studies by Judith A. Ross.
Cambridge, MA, 2008
Link: http://www.effectivephilanthropy.org/images/pdfs/CEP_More_than_Money.pdf
Source: Center for Effective Philanthropy
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
Our Growing Understanding of Community Engagement
Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement, Waterloo, ON. , 2003
Link: http://tamarackcommunity.ca/downloads/home/ce_report.pdf
Source: Aspen Institute
Topics: Collaboration/Partnerships, Innovation and Learning -
Philanthropic Leadership: Visions and Strategies
H. Peter Karoff et. al
New England Aquarium Immersion Theatre, 2004
Link: http://forum.wgbh.org/node/1434
Source: Aspen Institute
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
Plan of Action: Unleashing the Power & Potential of Community Foundations
Washington, DC, 2007
Link: http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Community_Foundations/CFLT/CFLTActionPlan.pdf
Source: Council on Foundation
Topics: Collaboration/Partnerships, Innovation and Learning, Planning, Policy/Best Practices -
Plan of Action: Unleashing the Power & Potential of Community Foundations
Washington, DC, 2007 - 2010
Link: http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Community_Foundations/CFLT/CFLTActionPlan.pdf
Source: Community Foundations of Canada (CFC)
Topics: Collaboration/Partnerships, Innovation and Learning, Planning, Policy/Best Practices -
Quantum Leadership: The Power of Community in Motion
Milewski, Jennifer
Leadership for a Changing World Washington, DC. , 2006
Link: http://www.iscvt.org/who_we_are/publications/The%20Quantum%20Leadership.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Getting Started, Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Rural Youth in Action: Lessons in Community Leadership
Canadian Rural Partnership – Rural Youth Dialogue. , 2004
Link: http://www.rural.gc.ca/dialogue/youth/03/pdf/lessons_e.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices, Stories and Profiles, Youth -
Sowing the Seeds of Local Philanthropy. Two Decades in the Field of Community Foundations
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, Flint, MI. , 2001
Link: http://www.mott.org/~/media/pdfs/Legacy%20Publications/Special/sowingtheseeds%20pdf.ashx
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Innovation and Learning, International/Global, Stories and Profiles -
Strategic Leadership for Social Justice: Accountability, Sustainability and Vision
Kunreuther, Frances, Cynthia Chavez, Kelly Brown, & Patrick A. Corvington
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD, 2006
Link: http://arnova.omnibooksonline.com/2006/data/papers/CO063038.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Neighbourhood/Grassroots/Place-Based Approaches, Policy/Best Practices, Social Justice -
Strengthening Community Foundations : Redefining the Opportunities
Graves, Rebecca, Fay Hanleybrown, John Kania, Mark Kramer, Laura Loker, Mindy Oakley, & Sunder Ramakrishnan
Foundation Strategy Group, Boston, MA. , 2003
Link: http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Community_Foundations/External_Reports/FSG1_Oct2003.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles -
Strengthening Community Foundations: Redefining the Opportunities
Foundation Strategy Group, Boston, MA. , 2003
Link: http://www.foundationstrategy.com/documents/Strengthening_Community_Foundations.pdf
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Supporting Next-Generation Leadership
Prepared by The Kettering Foundation
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, Washington, DC, 2008
Link: http://www.geofunders.org/register.aspx?returl=document.aspx&oid=b4a2c42d-fab6-468a-934b-fd2406ff6283
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
The Big Are Big and the Small Are Many: A View from the Community Foundation Field
Lilly, Leslie
2004
Link: www.communityphilanthropy.org/downloads/FinaldraftSept04.doc
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
The Future of Philanthropy: Remarks to Women’s Canadian Club of Hamilton
Milne, Carolyn
A speech by Carolyn Milne, President & CEO, Hamilton Community Foundation, 2007
Link: http://www.hcf.on.ca/pdf/cam_Women%27sCanadianClubHamilton_Oct07.pdf
Source: Speeches
Topics: General Reading, Innovation and Learning -
The Growth Of Community Foundations Around the World: AN EXAMINATION OF THE VITALITY OF THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION MOVEMENT
Sacks, Eleanor W.
Washington, DC, 2000
Link: http://www.wingsweb.org/download/CFGrowth_English.pdf
Source: Council on Foundation
Topics: Background/Historical, Innovation and Learning -
The Leader and the Gang: Reflections on Leadership
Davis, Glyn
A speech by Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor. The University of Melbourne, Leadership Victoria, 2008
Link: http://www.leadershipvictoria.org/_uploaditems/docs/articles/05_Leadership%20Victoria%20PowerPoint_Power%20point%20for%20LV%20website%20Glyn%20Davis.pdf
Source: Speeches
Topics: Collaboration/Partnerships, General Reading, Innovation and Learning -
The New Practitioners in Philanthropy and Social and Community Enterprise-A Report on the TCFN Peer Exchange Edinburgh 10 – 14, September 2008.
2008
Link: http://www.tcfn.efc.be/download.php?d=404
Source: Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN)
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Collaboration/Partnerships, Innovation and Learning -
The Road Not Yet Traveled: A Community Foundation Movement for Social Justice
Carson, Emmett. D.
A speech by Emmett Carson to the Symposium of Community Foundations, Berlin, Germany, 2004
Link: http://tamarackcommunity.ca/downloads/vc/Berlin_Speech_Final.pdf
Source: Speeches
Topics: General Reading, Innovation and Learning, Social Justice -
Toward a New Approach to Product Development Partnership (PDP) Performance Measurement
Peterson, Kyle, Marc Pfitzer, Laura Herman, Patty Russell, Mike Stamp, & David Zapol
Foundation Strategy Group, Boston, MA. , 2007
Link: http://www.fsg-impact.org/ideas/section/273
Source: Other - Electronic Resources
Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Innovation and Learning -
Toward Greater Effectiveness in Community Change: Challenges and Responses for Philanthropy
Brown, Prudence, Robert J. Chaskin, Ralph Hamilton, & Harold Richman
Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, 2003
Link: http://www.chapinhall.org/home.aspx
Source: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Policy/Best Practices -
Voices from the Field I: Learning From the Early Work of Comprehensive Community Initiatives
Aspen Institute Roundtable on Comprehensive Community Initiatives for Children and Families, Washington, DC. , 1997
Link: http://www.aspeninstitute.org/publications/voices-field-learning-early-work-comprehensive-community-initiatives
Source: Aspen Institute
Topics: Innovation and Learning, Stories and Profiles
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