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2020 Council on Foundations - Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations (CCSF) Report

https://cof.org/content/2020-council-foundations-commonfund-study-investment-endowments-private-and-community
The CCSF report is the field’s most comprehensive and authoritative study on investment and governance policies and practices. The 2020 CCSF studies 260 private and community foundations that represent $115.4 billion in assets. Topics covered include: Returns and Investment Objectives…

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…

Networking for Success: Building Networks Is Essential to Investment in Social Impact Bonds

https://cof.org/content/networking-success-building-networks-essential-investment-social-impact-bonds
Working in collaboration with the Center for American Progress, the Council co-hosted conversations among foundations, community development financial institutions, and investment firms about social impact bonds and Pay for Success. Out of these conversations, two issue briefs were created: “…

Corporate Philanthropy and Mission Investing

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From Mission Investors Exchange, this is a three part blog series on corporate philanthropy and mission investing. Corporate Philanthropy and Mission Investing Corporate Foundations: Challenges in Adopting Mission Investing Mission Investing: How the Financial Services Industry is…

2023 Council on Foundations - Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations (CCSF)

https://cof.org/content/2023-council-foundations-commonfund-study-investment-endowments-private-and-community
The CCSF Study is the field’s most comprehensive and authoritative study on investment and governance policies and practices. The 2023 CCSF studies 291 private and community foundations that represent $126 billion in assets. Topics covered include: Returns and Investment Objectives Asset…

2021 Council on Foundations - Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations (CCSF)

https://cof.org/content/2021-council-foundations-commonfund-study-investment-endowments-private-and-community
The CCSF Study is the field’s most comprehensive and authoritative study on investment and governance policies and practices. The 2021 CCSF studies 231 private and community foundations that represent $119.7 billion in assets. Topics covered include: Returns and Investment Objectives…

The State of Global Giving by U.S. Foundations: 2022 Edition

https://cof.org/content/state-global-giving-us-foundations-2022-edition
For 25 years, the Council on Foundations and Candid have partnered on studies of globally focused giving by U.S. foundations. The new edition of The State of Global Giving by U.S. Foundations dives into 2016-2019 data to provide the latest perspective on how the nation’s foundations are supporting…

2022 Council on Foundations - Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations (CCSF)

https://cof.org/content/2022-council-foundations-commonfund-study-investment-endowments-private-and-community
The CCSF Study is the field’s most comprehensive and authoritative study on investment and governance policies and practices. The 2022 CCSF studies 277 private and community foundations that represent $206.8 billion in assets. Topics covered include: Returns and Investment Objectives Asset…

How the Sustainable Development Goals Can Help Community Foundations Respond to COVID-19

https://cof.org/content/how-sustainable-development-goals-can-help-community-foundations-respond-covid-19
In 2020, the Mott Foundation commissioned philanthropic researcher, Dr. Larry McGill, to examine how U.S. community foundations can use the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to lead local revitalization efforts and recover from the complex effects of the pandemic. The subsequent report aims to…

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