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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.

Coming Together, Not Apart: Publications

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Coming Together, Not Apart, is a three-publication series exploring philanthropy's involvement in developing the heartset, mindset, and skillset to lead collaboratively across differences. Specifically:Part 1: How Philanthropy Supports Connection in a Time of Dangerous DivisionComing…

Coming Together, Not Apart: How Philanthropy Supports Connection in a Time of Dangerous Division

https://cof.org/content/coming-together-not-apart-part-1
Coming Together, Not Apart: How Philanthropy Supports Connection in a Time of Dangerous Division is the first of three Council on Foundations publications exploring philanthropy's involvement in developing the heartset, mindset, and skillset to lead collaboratively across differences. It dives deep…

Coming Together, Not Apart: Inside the Work of Turning Conflict Into Collaboration

https://cof.org/content/coming-together-not-apart-part-2
Coming Together, Not Apart: Inside the Work of Turning Conflict Into Collaboration is the second of three Council on Foundations publications exploring philanthropy's involvement in developing the heartset, mindset, and skillset to lead collaboratively across differences. It dives deep into how…

​​Potential Implications of Funding Protest Activities​

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Developed for the Council on Foundations by Christopher J. Armstrong, Partner at Holland & Knight The Current Environment Foundations are under increasing political scrutiny regarding their relationships with organizations that have engaged in protests, especially in situations where…

2025 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report

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The 2025 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date data on U.S. philanthropic sector salaries, benefits, and demographic details, with information presented by grantmaker type, foundation type, asset size, and geographic location. The 2025 Grantmaker…

Snapshot of Funder Progress on Locally Led Development (Sept. 2025)

https://cof.org/content/snapshot-funder-progress-locally-led-development-sept-2025
In September 2023, a group of 15 foundations joined 20 bilateral donors in signing a Donor Statement committing to advancing locally led development. After recent global shifts in foreign assistance and the dismantling of USAID, the Council on Foundations wanted to understand how philanthropy has…

U.S. Foundation Employment and Payment of Foreign Nationals and Students

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Over the past decade or so, economies have become more global and the tools for communicating news from around the world have become more effective and timely in reporting global events via the internet, video and text messaging, Twitter, and Facebook, to name but a few of these tools. Foundations…