Community Foundation Advisory Group

The Council on Foundations' Community Foundation Advisory Group aims to:

Represent diverse community foundation wants and needs to assist the Council in identifying new opportunities to better serve the sector.
Advise the Council’s strategic approach to engaging community foundations, weighing in on important decisions about Council-led activities like events, peer conversations, publications, and more.
Assist the Council in partnering effectively with peer community foundation-serving organizations to better coordinate and align efforts that advance the sector.
Build relationships between and among community foundations from across the country on the Advisory Group.

Advisory Group members are expected to actively participate in at least four quarterly 90-minute meetings per year.
Advisory Group members serve as champions of the Council’s work with community foundations, including potentially assisting with the recruitment of community foundation peers and promotion of Council offerings.
The Advisory Group is supported by the Council’s Membership team.

Advisory Group members will be at the Executive, C-Suite, or Vice President level at a community foundation.
Most Advisory Group members are active Council members.
Nonmembers are able to apply to join, but must become a Council member to renew their service beyond one year.

The Advisory Group includes up to 20 members, reflecting a balance of national geographic distribution, organizational sizes, and political beliefs as well as personal demographics.
The Advisory Group is led by 2-3 co-chairs.
All members are appointed by the President and CEO of the Council.
Advisory Group members serve one-year terms, with the option of renewing for up to three years.