What strategies do you use to keep your Board connected and engaged with your important philanthropic work? Some questions from today's Coffee Talk to think about: What are your policies and procedures for your Board of Directors and Committees? How do you recruit and bring on new members? How do you structure committees…
Happy Monday, everyone! I would love to hear from some of you about two things: 1) How you engage your affiliate committee members and 2) how you go about recruiting new members for your committees. Our community foundation has a total of 23 affiliate regions, and each region has its own affiliate committee. Some…
Hello everyone, I have been at our CF for about 18 months. I want to re-envision our Development Committee's job description (it is currently non-existent). Does anyone have templates they could share of what is working well for them? We are currently a committee of 4-6 (myself as the Development Officer, our Board Chair…
We are preparing to launch a new program that would invite funding proposals from local youth (12-24 age range). We want to make the process accessible and invite creative approaches for applicants to share their vision and ideas. I'm curious to hear some ideas about the dos and don'ts when it comes to getting teenagers…
