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Leadership Insights: What Foundation Executives and Trustees are Saying About Diversity and Inclusion

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A video series featuring leaders sharing their insights about their organizational journey to become more diverse and inclusive and lessons learned along the way. All videos are close captioned. Dr. Robert K. Ross The California Endowment Watch video…

Tickets to Fundraisers

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Question: What should corporate foundations and their parent companies consider when purchasing tickets to fundraisers? Response: Whether they are tickets to a dinner, to a performance, or simply for general admission to a facility, tickets have an economic value. When a company or…

Sharing Office Equipment & Supplies

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Office equipment and supplies may always be shared if the parent company provides the foundation with the equipment or supplies free of charge. It is also possible for the parent company and the foundation to share the cost of equipment and supplies, but great care needs to be taken to structure…

Legal and Tax Compliance for Corporate Grantmakers: Self-Dealing & Conflicts of Interest

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In this third installment of the Legal and Tax Compliance for Corporate Grantmakers webinar, participants continue a review of the rules against self-dealing, where they come from and what they involve, as well as compare to rules regarding conflict of interest. We analyze a case study, a real life…

Legal Considerations for Corporate Foundations

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A Chapter in Mastering Foundation Law: The Council on Foundations Compendium of Legal Resources Many businesses set up related charitable organizations for the purpose of engaging in philanthropic endeavors supported by the company. Because the funding for these charitable organizations is…

Corporate Foundation Legal FAQ: Despite Benevolent Intent, Generating Business for Company is an Act of Self-Dealing

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A business can generate goodwill through its philanthropic efforts, and such efforts can be good for business. For instance, the IRS has made clear that foundation expenditures that raise awareness of charitable causes can incidentally enhance the general reputation or prestige of its sponsoring…

Leading Across Differences - March Peer Learning Circle

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This peer learning circle is designed to facilitate connections, build relationships, and foster candid discussion about the rewards and challenges of working to connect and collaborate across differences.  Meeting every other month, the peer learning circle provides a supportive environment…

Leading Across Differences - May Peer Learning Circle

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This peer learning circle is designed to facilitate connections, build relationships, and foster candid discussion about the rewards and challenges of working to connect and collaborate across differences.  Meeting every other month, the peer learning circle provides a supportive environment…

Leading Across Differences - July Peer Learning Circle

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This peer learning circle is designed to facilitate connections, build relationships, and foster candid discussion about the rewards and challenges of working to connect and collaborate across differences.  Meeting every other month, the peer learning circle provides a supportive environment…

Leading Across Differences - September Peer Learning Circle

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This peer learning circle is designed to facilitate connections, build relationships, and foster candid discussion about the rewards and challenges of working to connect and collaborate across differences.  Meeting every other month, the peer learning circle provides a supportive environment…

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