• Moving Philanthropy Closer to Racial Equity and Social Justice: Introduction and Overview to Three Tools to Assist Progress [PDF - 371 KB]
  
  
• Moving Past Silence: A Tool for Negotiating Reflective Conversations About Race [PDF - 380 KB]
  
  
• Becoming a Catalyst for Social Justice: A Tool for Aligning Internal Operations to Produce Progress [PDF - 377 KB]
  
  
• Choosing Promising Ideas and Proposals: A Tool for Giving that Closes the Gaps [PDF - 393 KB]
  
  

CFC Resources

• Unsettled: Legal and Policy Barriers for Newcomers to Canada [PDF]
  A study published by CFC and the Law Commission of Canada on how Canadian social policy makes it harder for immigrants to settle here, even though they are more educated and more skilled than their predecessors. The study recommends ways for all sectors to work together to help immigrants thrive, with specific policy and program recommendations, 2006
  
  
• Unsettled: Legal and Policy Barriers for Newcomers to Canada – Literature Review [PDF]
  This Literature Review is a companion piece to the Unsettled: Legal and Policy Barriers for newcomers to Canada – Final Report, 2006
  
  
• Addressing Our Toughest Challenges: A Social Justice Discussion Guide for Community Foundations [PDF - 2178 KB]
  
  
• Case Study: Tackling Poverty in Hamilton [PDF - 386 KB]
  
  
• Strategies for Social Justice: Place, People and Policy [PDF - 552 KB]
  
  
• TCF Catalyst for Affordable Housing [PDF - 134 KB]
  
  
• Social Justice Grantmaking: Finding Common Language (CFC Report I) [PDF]
  A paper written by the Centre for voluntary Sector Research and Development (Carleton University and the University of Ottawa) for CFC's project "Social Justice Grantmaking - Moving Beyond Traditional Charitable Roles", 2003.
  
  
• Potential and Limitations of Social Justice Grantmaking (CFC Report II) [PDF]
  A paper written by the Centre for voluntary Sector Research and Development (Carleton University and the University of Ottawa) for CFC's project "Social Justice Grantmaking - Moving Beyond Traditional Charitable Roles", 2003.
  
  
• Tools of Social Justice Grantmaking (CFC Report III) [PDF]
  A compendium written by the Centre for voluntary Sector Research and Development (Carleton University and the University of Ottawa) for CFC's project "Social Justice Grantmaking - Moving Beyond Traditional Charitable Roles", 2004.
  
  
• Innovation and Problem Solving: a Bolder, More Active Role For Community Foundations (CFC Report IV) [PDF]
  An overview of Canada's legislative and regulatory environment as it relates to social justice philanthropy. By Richard Bridge, B.A., LL.B, Legal Advisor, IMPACS - Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society. CFC, January 2004.
  
  
• The Social Justice Spectrum -- Seeing Our Work Through a Social Justice Lens: A Perspective for Community Foundations (CFC Report V) [PDF]
  This report provides some directions for community foundations to consider as they look at their work through a social justice lens. By Community Foundations of Canada, 2004.
  
  
• Social Justice - Useful Definitions (CFC) [PDF]
  
  

Social Justice Basics

• Innovation and Problem Solving: a Bolder, More Active Role For Community Foundations (CFC Report IV) [PDF]
  An overview of Canada's legislative and regulatory environment as it relates to social justice philanthropy. By Richard Bridge, B.A., LL.B, Legal Advisor, IMPACS - Institute for Media, Policy and Civil Society. CFC, January 2004.
  
  
• The Social Justice Spectrum -- Seeing Our Work Through a Social Justice Lens: A Perspective for Community Foundations (CFC Report V) [PDF]
  This report provides some directions for community foundations to consider as they look at their work through a social justice lens. By Community Foundations of Canada, 2004.
  
  
• Social Justice - Useful Definitions (CFC) [PDF]
  
  
• CFC Social Justice Survey Report
  
  
• Shifting Focus - Canadian Community Foundations Focus on Social Justice
  Written for Foundation News and Commentary published by the Council on Foundations, this article will be reprinted in the Transatlantic Community Foundation Network newsletter. It provides an overview of CFC’s initiative to increase the engagement of community foundations in social justice issues and highlights the work of three leading-edge community foundations in Canada.
  
  
• Understanding Social Justice Philanthropy (NCRP)
  John Hunsaker and Brenda Hanzl, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), Washington DC, April 2003. Contact NCRP to order a copy.
  
  

Canadian Links

• Community Renewal (Caledon Institute)
  This paper explores the renewal of communities through rethinking the use of community resources and building relationships among these resources for mutually beneficial problem-solving. By Sherri Torjman, Caledon Institute of Social Policy, January 2004.
  
  
• An Inclusion Lens: Workbook for Looking at Social and Economic Exclusion and Inclusion (Public Health Agency of Canada)
  A tool for analyzing legislation, policies, programs and practices to determine whether they promote the social and economic inclusion of individuals, families, and communities. By Malcolm Shookner, Population and Public Health Branch, Atlantic Region, Public Health Agency of Canada, 2002.
  
  
• Working Paper Series on Social Inclusion (Laidlaw Foundation)
  This series includes titles such as "Social Inclusion, Anti-Racism and Democratic Citizenship" by Anver Saloojee and "Immigrant Settlement and Social Inclusion in Canada" by Ratna Omidvar and Ted Richmond. Laidlaw Foundation website.
  
  

International resources

• Alliance magazine, September 2003 issue
  The September 2003 issue of Alliance magazine is devoted to exploring social justice philanthropy - what it is, who is doing it, what impact it is having, and what it looks like in countries around the world.
  
  
• Council on Foundations
  The Council on Foundations in the United States publishes a wide array of useful resources.
  
  
• GrantCraft
  GrantCraft is a project of the Ford Foundation, which makes available a series of publications and videos designed to prompt discussions among foundation practitioners about strategic and tactical lessons in philanthropy. The publications and videos are based on the experience of grantmakers at the Ford Foundation and a wide range of other funders and grantees.
  
  
• The Road Not Travelled: A community foundation movement for social justice
  This paper by Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D, President of The Minneapolis Foundation (US), was presented as a plenary speech at "Community foundations - Symposium on a global movement" in Berlin, December 2004.
  
  
• Robin Hood Was Right: A Guide to Giving Your Money for Social Change
  A contemporary examination of the impacts of the 1990s US economic boom upon personal wealth and philanthropy. The work makes a case for channelling financial assistance into effective, grassroots organizations that fund poverty, social justice and environmental projects. It is a how-to guide for giving and using your donations to achieve effective results. Available from most booksellers.