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About the Council

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The Council on Foundations is a nonprofit membership association that serves as a guide for philanthropies as they advance the greater good. Building on our 75-year history, the Council supports over 1,000 member organizations in the United States and around the world to build trust in philanthropy…

Resources

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This section features all legal, best practices, sample documents, and resources we believe can help grantmakers and foundations. Some of these items are only available to members.

Community Foundation Locator

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Find community foundations in your area.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Peer Learning Circle

https://cof.org/event/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-peer-learning-circle
The Council on Foundations proudly unveils an exciting new member benefit tailored for foundations of all types, DEI Peer Learning Circles. This engagement opportunity is designed to connect foundation staff of all levels across the country who are working to explore, design, implement, or…

DEI Roundtable: Charting a Path Toward Inclusion

https://cof.org/event/dei-roundtable-charting-path-toward-inclusion
We are excited to share an inspiring and transformative Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Roundtable Series, tailored specifically for professionals implementing DEI work in the philanthropic sector. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, learn new tools and…

Advancing Locally Led Development: An Overview of U.S. Foundations’ Direct Global Giving

https://cof.org/content/advancing-locally-led-development
Since 1997, the Council on Foundations and Candid have analyzed trends in global grantmaking by U.S. foundations. In our State of Global Giving by U.S. Foundations: 2022 Edition report, which analyzed grants made between 2016 and 2019, we found that 39% of global grants made by U.S. foundations…

DEI Roundtable: DEI With Rural Communities in Mind

https://cof.org/event/dei-roundtable-dei-rural-communities-mind
We are excited to share an inspiring and transformative Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Roundtable Series, tailored specifically for professionals implementing DEI work in the philanthropic sector. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, learn new tools and…

DEI Roundtable: Integrating DEI Language at Your Foundation

https://cof.org/event/dei-roundtable-integrating-dei-language-your-foundation
We are excited to share an inspiring and transformative Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Roundtable Series, tailored specifically for professionals implementing DEI work in the philanthropic sector. Don't miss this opportunity to connect with like-minded professionals, learn new tools and…

Achieving a Sustainable Urban America: SDSN’s first U.S. Cities SDG Index

https://cof.org/content/achieving-sustainable-urban-america-sdsns-first-us-cities-sdg-index
America is the world’s richest large economy, with the world’s leading technologies and institutions of higher learning. Yet, the United States of America (U.S.) is falling behind other countries on a range of indicators relating to quality of life, economic opportunity, and environmental…

Hacking the Sustainable Development Goals: Can US Cities Measure Up?

https://cof.org/content/hacking-sustainable-development-goals-can-us-cities-measure
The UN Sustainable Development Goals aim to address the world’s most pressing challenges, from poverty to climate change, by aligning priorities and developing shared metrics to measure progress. While the SDG framework is designed for nations, all levels of government will need data to track…

From Global Goals to Local Impact

https://cof.org/content/global-goals-local-impact
How Philanthropy Can Help Achieve the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals in the U.S. As implementation of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals becomes a priority of the world, philanthropy has an opportunity to make an impact. This report from the Council on Foundations examines how U.S.…

Connecting Community Foundations with the SDGs (Europe)

https://cof.org/content/connecting-community-foundations-sdgs-europe
The European Community Foundation Initiative report provides in-depth examples of community foundations throughout Europe adopting the SDGs and how they can work towards achieving the goals.