TCFN Resources
TCFN events offer participants a wonderful opportunity to exchange knowledge, offer commentary, and share feedback around important themes in community foundation philanthropy. Excerpts from TCFN events, comments from participants, and special recordings can be downloaded here.
Resource Toolkit: Community Foundations Supporting Collaborations and Partnerships
June 2010 (Milwaukee, USA)

TCFN participants had the opportunity to learn more about the collaborative work of the Greater Milwaukee Foundation, the Oshkosh Area Community Foundation, and area organizations. As collaboration can take many shapes, the tools in this resource tool kit may offer ideas on how your community foundation can increase its work in collaborations.
- How can we help our community foundations build their capacity to engage in successful collaborations and partnerships?
- Additional Roles of a Community Foundation
- Oshkosh Area Community Foundation: Collaborating with Government
- The Nonprofit Management Fund: Managing Nonprofit Agency Collaborations
- The Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative: Partnering with Neighborhood Improvement Organizations
- The Milwaukee Crisis Resource Center: Collaborating with Governmental Organizations
- Powerpoint Presentattion - Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Community Partnerships (13)
- Powerpoint Presentation - Greater Milwaukee Foundation - Healthy Neighborhood Initiative (8)
- Powerpoint Presentation – Collaborating with Government (1 of 3) (5)
- Powerpoint Presentation – Collaborating with Government (2 of 3) (6)
- Powerpoint Presentation – Collaborating with Government (3 of 3) (5)
- Chart – CF Characteristics for a Successful Collaboration/Partnership
- Paper - Community Foundation Strategic Alliances: Partnering for Impact and Sustainability (A Discussion Paper for Community Foundations of Canada)
If you have any questions or are interested in reviewing additional material from the event, please contact Allyson at areaves@cfc-fcc.ca.
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Resource Toolkit: Community Foundations Addressing Poverty in their Communities
April 2010 (Riga, Latvia)

- How can we as community foundations use a social justice lens to develop a strategy to reduce poverty?
- Poverty Reduction: IF…THEN…scenarios for community foundations
- Perspectives on Social Justice
- Poverty Reduction: The Ongoing Conversation
- Community Foundation Solutions - Internally, Cross sector, and Community-wide
- View interviews with TCFN participants and segments of the presentations
If you have any questions or are interested in reviewing additional material and/or video footage from the events, please contact Allyson at areaves@cfc-fcc.ca.
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Resource Toolkit: Future Donors – What will Make Them Tick!
June 2009 (Dublin, Ireland)
As follow up to the TCFN peer exchange on Future Donors / Social Media, below please find useful tools that are part of the Resource Toolkit.
- View interviews with TCFN participants and segments of the presentations
- Take - Away Lessons and Learnings
- Preamble to the Emergent Learning Exercise Chart
- Emergent Learning Exercise Chart
- PowerPoint from On Road Media Presentation
- PowerPoint from Brakely Fundraising Presentation
- Social Media Toolbox
- CFI Social Media Policy
If you have any questions or are interested in reviewing additional material and/or video footage from the events, please contact Allyson at areaves@cfc-fcc.ca.





