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Foundation Accountability Resources

Administration
  • Archiving Your Family Foundation
    Council on Foundations
    A variety of resources to help a foundation archive its history.

  • File, Keep, Toss?
    Council on Foundations, 1998
    This article offers guidance to help foundations decide which records to keep and which to toss, both to meet legal requirements and to maintain effective and efficient operations.

  • Grantmaker Information Technology Survey, 2007
    Technology Affinity Group & Council on Foundations
    This report summarizes the results of a 2007 survey that looked at how grantmakers are using technology and the challenges they face in this area.

  • How Technology Can Help You Manage Your Foundation
    Association of Small Foundations
    This primer explains how technology can increase a small foundations’ effectiveness and efficiency, and offers tips for evaluating to what extent various technology options are a good investment given a foundation’s size, function, needs and budget.  Available for purchase.

  • Keeping Good Records: Small Foundations' Guide to Staying Organized
    Association of Small Foundations
    This primer explains what documents a small foundation should keep and for how long, and describes how to organize, archive and protect those documents.  Available for purchase.

  • The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Implications for Nonprofit Organizations
    BoardSource & Independent Sector, 2006
    This document summarizes the implications of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act’s provisions for nonprofit record retention and destruction practices.

  • What Do We Keep?
    Council on Foundations
    Some basic guidance on creating and maintaining a foundation’s archives.

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