Public Foundations

Public foundations are grantmaking public charities that gain their funds from a variety of sources, which may include foundations, individuals, corporations, or public entities. Public foundations may engage in fundraising, and may seek broad public financial support. They may or may not have endowments. There is no legal definition of a public foundation, but most dedicate a significant portion of their annual budgets to grantmaking. Most community foundations are also grantmaking public charities.

Since public foundations may be defined in different ways, and there is no official IRS or legal definition of public foundations, it is difficult to arrive at statistics that are fully representative of the field.

Below is everything on our site for public foundations. We strongly recommend that you use the navigation or our search feature to find what you're looking for on our site. Please also visit cof.org/programs-services/public-grantmaking-charities for curated public foundation content. 

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Coffee with Your Community: Donor Services

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Coffee with Your Community: Global Philanthropy

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Coffee with Your Community: Programs

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Break

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Lunch with Practice Team

Connect with your Practice Team over lunch to reflect on what you’re learning, practice new skills, and consider take-home strategies relevant to your work.

Break

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Plenary Session: Which Values Lead Toward Change?

What motivates us to build the heartset and mindset to bring communities across the country together? Join us to listen in on a conversation among faith leaders as they grapple with humbling questions about moral authority, what is truly within our power to change, and how we know if our work is…

Federal Policy Briefing

With shifts and pivots coming almost daily, we’ve been keeping an eye on the news out of Washington, D.C. and its impact on the charitable sector. This policy briefing will provide a space for the Council and foundation leaders to brief attendees on the latest policy changes and what they're…

Morning Run

Get your cardio in while enjoying the beauty of Seattle. All levels are welcome for this three-mile loop.

Connection Breakfast

The decline in connection and trust is perhaps the greatest danger in the world today. To reverse it, we’ll learn how to connect again as we “break bread.”During breakfast, Aaron Hurst, Founder and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Connection, will facilitate table conversations to reconnect us to one…

Breakfast

Start your morning with breakfast and connect with fellow attendees before the day begins.

Breakfast

Start your morning with breakfast and connect with fellow attendees before the day begins.

The People's Supper

Join us for a People’s Supper Experience, hosted by Trust Labs, where we'll have the chance to reflect together on the themes of Building Together, and the stories and experiences we each bring to the table. Since 2017, more than 20,000 people have sat down for People's Suppers in over 100 cities…

Break

Take this opportunity to connect with fellow attendees, visit our partner tables, browse our bookstore, enjoy a snack, or recharge in our Brain Break room.

Workshop: Over Zero

Building Societal Resilience to Political and Identity-Based Violence What it is: Drawing from recent case studies, this workshop will support participants in building societal resilience to political and identity-based violence through communications, programmatic strategy, as well as network…

Workshop: Resetting the Table

Building a Culture of Dialogue Across DifferenceWhat it is: A workshop to build your capacity to explore disagreements while strengthening relationships, trust, learning, and collaboration.What you’ll learn:Practice two core skills for difficult conversations across diverse backgrounds and…
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