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Legal Compliance Guidance
Tickets, tables, and gala invitations may seem like a simple perk of philanthropic giving. For foundation managers, however, they are often far more complex than they appear. If you manage a family, corporate, or community foundation, you have probably faced the question, "Can we use these?" The…
Research
The 2026 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Key Findings is a visual highlight of the trends and changes that are shaping the philanthropic sector.Also available as a free PDF, the 2026 GSB Key Findings is just a small fraction of the expansive dataset available in the 2026 GSB Report, which…
Recording
Our facilitators draw on real experience — including the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s response to the July 2025 Kerr County floods, along with lessons from Uvalde, Texas, the Maine and California wildfires, and the Baltimore Key bridge collapse.Facilitators walk through a…
Publication, Toolkit
For almost 30 years, the Council on Foundations and Candid have partnered on studies of globally focused giving by U.S. foundations. Our newest edition of The State of Global Giving by U.S. Foundations analyzes how U.S. foundations are engaging globally, through support of efforts that improve…
Legal Compliance Guidance
Last Updated: September 4, 2026.BackgroundOn September 3, 2026, the Department of Treasury (Treasury) and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would end federal tax-exempt status for private schools that engage in racial discrimination.Historically, courts…
Toolkit
Download this resource as a PDF.Table of ContentsBackgroundBefore OutreachDuring the EngagementAfter the InterviewHow the Leadership Coalition can HelpBackgroundEarned media is one of the most durable ways for community foundations to build public trust, elevate the work of grantee partners, and…
Publication, Research
The CCSF Study is the field’s most comprehensive and authoritative study on investment and governance policies and practices, and the 2025 CCSF studies 285 private and community foundations representing $126.9 billion in assets. Topics covered include:Returns and Investment ObjectivesAsset…
Toolkit
This guide was prepared for the Council on Foundations by ECPR Texas, as part of Communicating Around Disaster: A Crisis Communications Workshop. Download this guide as a PDF.Jump to section:Before a DisasterDuring a DisasterAfter the Immediate ResponseFive Communication PrinciplesPre-Crisis…
Recording
Our facilitators draw on real experience — including the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s response to the July 2025 Kerr County floods, along with lessons from Uvalde, Texas, the Maine and California wildfires, and the Baltimore Key bridge collapse.Facilitators walk through a…
Legal Compliance Guidance
Fiscal sponsorship can expand access to charitable infrastructure and help emerging projects, community initiatives, and grassroots efforts pursue their charitable goals without creating and managing a separate nonprofit organization. But it's not simply a pass-through arrangement; it requires that…
Legal Compliance Guidance
BackgroundBeginning in 2025, the public policy doctrine and illegality doctrine—both of which have been applied sparingly over the years—began to receive greater attention because of concerns they could be used to bring the tax-exempt sector more closely in-line with the second Trump Administration…
Toolkit
[Month XX, 2026]Office Management and BudgetAttention: Office of Federal Financial ManagementDocket ID OMB-2026-0034RIN 0348-AA31RE: Regulation for Federal Financial AssistanceGreetings:On behalf of [insert community foundation], we write to provide comments on the Office of Management and Budget’s…
Toolkit
BackgroundThe Guidance for Federal Financial Assistance, also known as the Uniform Guidance, governs most federal grantmaking (grants, cooperative agreements, direct appropriations, etc.) to community foundations; other public charities; state, local, and Tribal governments; and other entities.…
Legal Compliance Guidance
OverviewOn November 14, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released proposed regulations that would clarify how the Treasury and the IRS interpret rules governing donor-advised funds (DAFs) under Section 4966. Specifically, the proposed rule…
Legal Compliance Guidance
When disaster strikes a community, disaster relief funds administered through community foundations offer an efficient way to quickly get aid to those who need it. But it’s important to understand how the Internal Revenue Code requires these charitable funds be used, which can vary depending on the…
Legal Compliance Guidance
When disaster strikes and employees are affected, employers may provide financial assistance to their employees through corporate foundations and employer-sponsored funds at community foundations. The legal framework governing employee hardship assistance programs can vary, though, depending on the…
