Accountability Educational Resources

The first goal of the Forum's Building Grantmaker Effectiveness and Accountability initiative is to enable regional associations to provide grantmakers with necessary educational resources to assist them in dealing with the critical issues surrounding accountability and effectiveness.

To guide our work around this goal, we produced an educational resources framework and an inventory of existing accountability and effectiveness resources that have been created by regional associations and colleague organizations. We then established the following priority issue areas: advocacy, compensation, conflict of interest, self-dealing, the 990-PF, board governance, administrative expenses, payout, and communications.

 

In This Area

  • Evaluation
    Read about a fundamental transition in the way foundations use evaluation.
  • Self-Dealing
    Learn more about the self-dealing rules and what foundations must do to ensure they are following the law.
  • Conflict of Interest
    Understand how conflicts of interest arise, what to do about them, and how to develop and implement a conflict of interest policy.
  • Communications
    Learn practical tips and strategies for improved transparency and effectiveness.
  • Board Leadership
    Examine the critical roles of board chairs and governance committees in the leadership of an organization.
  • Advocacy
    Learn more about how foundations can engage in and fund advocacy and lobbying activities.
  • Administrative Expenses
    Learn about the legal reporting quirements, norms and trends, and common myths related to administrative expenses.
  • 990-PF
    Understand the most important aspects of filling out the 990-PF, with a special focus on common errors and potentially misleading entries.
 
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