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Practice Resources
Practice Resources
Membership Committee
This committee works with MCF staff to recruit and retain members, recommends policies that guide membership eligibility, and develops strategies to expand MCF membership to engage new and emerging forms of organizational philanthropy.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
This committee's role is to ensure the MCF advances diversity, equity and inclusivity across all policies, practices and programs of the organization and the field.
Gun Violence Prevention Resources
In September 2022, MCF hosted a conversation about philanthropy's role in reducing gun violence. Presenters explored various strategies including research, education, and policy solutions that seek to reduce gun violence through an evidence informed, public health approach, and make communities safer. Gun violence prevention, working in tandem with justice system reform and violence intervention can be powerful forces toward creating safe and just communities.
Resources for Action
Resources for Action
What Nonprofits Need to Know About Lobbying
This resource is designed to help your nonprofit organization determine if state or local regulations might apply to your existing or proposed advocacy work. The answer is surprisingly often yes, but there are also often many advocacy activities that do not require state lobbyist registration or reporting.
Principles for Philanthropy
Principles for Philanthropy
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.