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  2008 Executive Discussion Guide
  Council on Foundations – Community Foundations Leadership Team
  Washington, DC, 2008
  Link: http://cfstories.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/exec_discussion_guide_fnl.pdf
  Source: Council on Foundation
  Topics: Planning, Policy/Best Practices
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  Accountability, Community, and Philanthropic Practice. Report on a Session At the 52nd Annual Conference of the Council on Foundations
  The Kettering Foundation
  Washington, DC, 2001
  Link: http://www.kettering.org/stream_document.aspx?rID=2523&catID=233&itemID=2521&typeID=8
  Source: Other - Electronic Resources
  Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Policy/Best Practices
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  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
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  Benchmarking for Nonprofits: How to Measure, Manage, and Improve Performance
  Saul, Jason
  Fieldstone Alliance, Saint Paul, MN. , 2004
  Link: http://www.fieldstonealliance.org/productdetails.cfm?SKU=069431
  Source: Books & Journal Articles
  Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Policy/Best Practices
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  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
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  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
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  Breaking Ground: Engaging Communities in Extractive and Infrastructure Projects
  World Resources Institute, Washington DC. , 2009
  Link: http://pdf.wri.org/breaking_ground_engaging_communities.pdf
  Source: Other - Electronic Resources
  Topics: Neighbourhood/Grassroots/Place-Based Approaches, Planning, Policy/Best Practices
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  Changing the Face of Giving: An Assessment of Youth Philanthropy
  Youth Leadership Institute.
  James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco, CA. , 2001
  Link: http://www.irvine.org/assets/pdf/pubs/youth/Youth_Philanthropy.pdf http://www.yli.org/philanthropy/files/changing_the_face.pdf
  Source: Other - Electronic Resources
  Topics: Policy/Best Practices, Youth
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  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
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  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
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  Community Foundations and Community Leadership
  Ballard, Cindy Sesler
  Kansas City, MO., 2007
  Link: http://www.cfleads.org/CFLeads/pubs/CFLeads_CLS1_2007.pdf
  Source: CFLeads
  Topics: Analysis/Reflection, International/Global, Policy/Best Practices
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  Community Foundations Leadership Multiplied, 2007 Report to the Field
  Washington, DC, 2007
  Link: http://www.cof.org/files/Documents/Community_Foundations/2007CFReportToField.pdf
  Source: Council on Foundation
  Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Policy/Best Practices
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  Community Foundations Survey
  The Columbus Foundation, Columbus, OH. , 2007
  Link: http://www.columbusfoundation.org/find/survey/index.aspx
  Source: Aspen Institute
  Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Policy/Best Practices
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  Community Foundations Survey
  The Columbus Foundation, Columbus, OH. , 2007
  Link: http://www.columbusfoundation.org/find/survey/index.aspx
  Source: Other - Electronic Resources
  Topics: Analysis/Reflection, Policy/Best Practices
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  Community Foundations: Exercising Citizenship
  Blair, Vivian, Magdalena Rubio, & Laura Sarvide
  Espiral Consultora, S.C, Mexico. and C.S. Mott Foundation, Flint, MI. , 2003
  Link: www.efc.be/ftp/public/CPI/Countryfiles/CFs_Exercising_Citizenship.pdf
  Source: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
  Topics: Planning, Policy/Best Practices
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  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
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  Community Leadership Activities by Community Foundations
  Feldstein, Lew
  1999
  Link: http://www.tcfn.efc.be/download.php?d=335
  Source: Transatlantic Community Foundation Network (TCFN)
  Topics: Policy/Best Practices
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  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
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  Council on Foundations Standards and Best Practices Database
  Washington, DC, 2009
  Link: http://bestpractices.cof.org/community/
  Source: Council on Foundation
  Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Planning, Policy/Best Practices
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  Criteria for Philanthropy at Its Best: Benchmarks to Assess and Enhance Grantmaker Impact
  Jagpal, Niki
  National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, Washington, DC. , 2009
  Link: http://www.ncrp.org/files/paib-fulldoc_lowres.pdf
  Source: Books & Journal Articles
  Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Policy/Best Practices
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  Mapping Change: Using a Theory of Change to Guide Planning and Evaluation
  GrantCraft, New York. , 2006
  Link: http://www.grantcraft.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageID=808
  Source: Other - Electronic Resources
  Topics: Assessment/Measurement/Evaluation, Policy/Best Practices
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  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
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  Neighborhood Partners Initiatives: The Startup
  Brown, Prudence, Alvia Branch, & Jacalyn Lee
  Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. , 1998
  Link: http://www.chapinhall.org/home.aspx
  Source: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
  Topics: Collaboration/Partnerships, Neighbourhood/Grassroots/Place-Based Approaches, Policy/Best Practices
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  Serving a Wider Community: Community Foundations' Use of Geographic Component Funds and Other Strategies and Structures to Cover Territory
  Sacks, Eleanor W.
  WINGS-CF, Ottawa. , 2002
  Link: http://www.wingsweb.org/information/downloads/serving_a_wider_community.pdf
  Source: Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support (WINGS)
  Topics: Policy/Best Practices
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  The Children, Youth and Families Initiative: A Mid-Course Report
  Costello, Joan, Sheila Merry, Stephen Baker, & Lisa Marie Pickens
  Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago, 1998
  Link: http://www.chapinhall.org/home.aspx
  Source: Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago
  Topics: Collaboration/Partnerships, Policy/Best Practices
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  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

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