Please find resources to deepen your understanding of the movement for Tribal sovereignty in Maine. You can view the April 11th presentation by Dr. Joseph Kalt on YouTube at this link . His presentation slides can be downloaded at the bottom of this resource page. Watch 2023 State of the Tribes Presentation Maine Conservation Voter's Lunch & Learn " FEDERAL INDIAN POLICY: IMPACTS ON THE WABANAKI NATIONS IN MAINE… AND BEYOND " A presentation from Ambassador Dana to the Curtis Library titled " Why Tribal Sovereignty Matters " Dawnland by the Upstander Project Read Harvard Project on...
This report by the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities examines the potential of anchor institutions hold to create lasting and sustainable change—and illustrates how funders are working with anchor institutions to create healthier, more equitable, and economically vibrant places to live and work.
A PowerPoint presentation about education and equity that Nick Donohue of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation offered at the Maine Philanthropy Center's April 2019 DEI brown-bag lunch.
Practical suggestions for good disaster grantmaking This guide was developed by a joint working group of the Council on Foundations and the European Foundation Centre. It identifies eight principles of good disaster grantmaking and offers a number of tips to help grantmakers address disasters more effectively, including facts and figures about recent major disasters around the world and a list of useful disaster information websites.
This guide was developed by a joint working group of the Council on Foundations and the European Foundation Centre. It identifies eight principles of good disaster grantmaking and offers a number of tips to help grantmakers address disasters more effectively, including facts and figures about recent major disasters around the world and a list of useful disaster information websites.
Council of Michigan Foundations created a Talent Retention Program Manual to explore the concept of offering financial incentives for local college graduates to return to their local communities for work.
The Standards for Excellence code provides a framework and step-by-step guidelines to achieve a well-managed and responsibly governed nonprofit organization.
... work of anchor institutions and partner organizations that have joined to form place-based networks, or anchor ... economic development strategies. Anchor mission work is not easy, but our hope is that this state of the field report will ...
... country’s political, economic, and cultural landscapes have undergone multiple, dramatic changes. Public engagement ... against racism has risen to historic levels and we've seen racial justice concepts take root in such mainstream ... wider use of the phrase “systemic racism.” And funders have worked hard to keep up. In response to these conditions, ...
This publication from Grantmakers for Effective Organizations offers a framework for thinking about how to measure progress and results in place-based and community change initiatives.