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Practice and Purpose of Policy
A Training for Community Foundation Leaders
July 30 and August 6, 2024 | 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET
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Private Foundations
Private foundations make grants based on charitable endowments. The endowment funds come from one or a small handful of sources -- an individual, a family or a corporation. Because of their endowments, they are focused primarily on grantmaking and generally do not raise funds or seek public financial support the way public charities (like community foundations) must.
“Private foundation” is the umbrella term that includes corporate, independent, family, and operating foundations. As of 2011, there were 73,764 private foundations in the United States (Foundation Center, 2011).
In 2011, private foundations held more than $604 billion in assets and gave away more than $45 billion (Foundation Center, 2011).
Below is everything on our site for private foundations. Due to the large number of resources on our website, we highly recommend you use the site navigation or the search feature to find what you are looking for.
2016 Annual Conference
A Common Vision for Improving the Future of Community
The Future of Community Highlights
Innovative Leaders
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Philanthropy and the Health of the Internet
On Feb. 11, the Ford, Knight, Open Society, MacArthur, and Mozilla, Foundations together launched NetGain: Working Together for a Stronger Digital Society as a major shared initiative. The NetGain initiative advocates that building the Internet as an open, global public resource is a social issue…
Council on Foundations Peer Networking Event
Join Council staff members, Kim Bluitt, Member Relations Director, Pacific, and your peers in the Southern California area for peer networking and conversation on the benefits of Council membership. The Council provides an array of services to assist foundation members. We are constantly seeking…
Dispatch from this Year's Hispanics in Philanthropy Conference and the HIP Giver Gala
A few weeks ago, we were happy to join several hundred of our colleagues in San Francisco for Hispanics in Philanthropy’s (HIP) 2015 Conference and HIPGiver Gala. The daylong series of events focused on Latino leadership in the philanthropic sector, as well as exploring the needs and opportunities…
Power in Philanthropy - Lessons of Failure & Success
Tiziana Dearing is the former CEO of Boston Rising, a place-based, anti-poverty, public foundation that aimed to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty by replicating the Robin Hood Foundationand Harlem Children Zone’s models in Grove Hall, a Boston neighborhood inundated with poverty and…
Webinar Recording: Cross-Border Philanthropy Regulations and Current Challenges
Recording
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The American Dream at Risk: Using the Opportunity Index to Improve Communities
Where you live shouldn’t determine how far you can go in life.
The Opportunity Index is the nation’s first tool to holistically measure opportunity in communities. Connecting multiple economic, educational, and civic factors, the Index is a powerful way for states and counties to track and advance…
New Report Provides Comprehensive Operations and Demographic Data on Foundations
The Council on Foundations today announced the release of the 2014 Grantmakers Salary and Benefits Report, the most comprehensive information available on staff composition and compensation for U.S. foundations and corporate giving programs. Salary information is provided for 35 executive,…
Access to Care for Military Veterans and their Families
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Sponsored by the Military Family Research Institute at Purdue University, this webinar explored the scientific realities behind an important policy issue - veterans and access to health care. Specific topics included the barriers to care, access to care, the…
Cross-Border Philanthropy Regulations and Current Challenges
The topic of regulatory frameworks that govern global grantmaking consistently arises as a priority for Council members. This webinar will discuss a range of issues, touching on both global and domestic policies that impact your work. For example, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global…
2015 Annual Meeting Sessions
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2015 Annual Meeting Preconference Programming
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Independent Sector and charitable allies urge House to pass America Gives More Act of 2015
This legislation includes several important provisions that will help charitable and philanthropic organizations serving communities in every Congressional District across the country. Specifically, H.R. 644 would permanently enact three temporary and currently expired giving incentives – the IRA…
Webinar: Philanthropy Exchange Walk-Through
Are you having trouble with the Exchange? Have no fear! I'm here to help.
This webinar covered how to post, search the libraries, and find other members. It's an easy way to get to know this new platform and learn all the great things it has to offer.
If you have questions, take a look at …
Interview with Emily Kessler, Interim Director of EPIP
I recently had the opportunity to interview Emily Kessler, the interim director of Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy. In this interview, Emily shares how she got her start in philanthropy and what she is hoping to do to help emerging professionals and increase the value of an EPIP membership…
Federal Liaisons
The Council’s Philanthropic Engagement Liaisons in the Executive Branch
Since November 2011, the Public-Philanthropic Partnership Office in the Council’s Public Policy Department has hosted a quarterly meeting with a cadre of staff from various federal departments and agencies. The…
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