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MCF Member Briefing: Self-Dealing and Conflicts of Interest: What Every Type of Foundation Needs to Know
Every type of foundation can stumble into issues of self-dealing and conflicts of interest. Learn how self-dealing rules apply to your context.
Impact Investing Network: Mission-Aligned Investments in a Time of Uncertainty
Mission-aligned investments and PRIs can allow you to create outsized impact with your foundation's dollars, even in uncertain times.
Preparing For and Managing a Productive Board Chair Transition
A board chair transition often prompts larger decisions or a revisiting of the organization’s purpose and practices.
The Case for Multiple Giving Vehicles
Understand the motivations for using multiple vehicles and how to create the most useful structure for your philanthropic goals.
A Legal Guide on Ballot Measures for Nonprofits and Foundations
Seize the Initiative: A Legal Guide on Ballot Measures for Nonprofits and Foundations offers clear and concise information on the range of legal questions that could arise when nonprofits consider working on a ballot initiative
Learning Series Keynote: Imagining an Anti-Racist Sector
This video explores what it will take for us to diminish racism and combat white supremacy in our state.
Aligning Banking and Organizational Values
During MCF’s fall 2021 Impact Investing Network meeting, members discussed aligning banking practices with organizational values. Aligning values could include choosing a bank based on the diversity of its ownership or leadership, on the geographic area where the bank focuses its investments, on the locations of the bank branches, or various other factors.
Best Practices for Nonprofit Boards
Nonprofit boards play a critical role in making sure that their organizations stay strong and healthy, especially during times of crisis.