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About the Council

https://cof.org/about
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

https://cof.org/page/community-foundation-locator
Find community foundations in your area.

Sample Docket Write-up of Program Goals and Strategies

https://cof.org/content/sample-docket-write-program-goals-and-strategies
This sample docket write-up allows you to customize your program goal and strategies.

Sample Grant Agreement – No Expenditure Responsibility

https://cof.org/content/sample-grant-agreement-no-expenditure-responsibility
This document is an editable grant agreement for grants not requiring expenditure responsibility. This sample document is being provided for informational purposes only and is not to be shared without the permission of the Council on Foundations. Use of the sample document does not create an…

Understanding Fiscal Sponsorship

https://cof.org/content/understanding-fiscal-sponsorship
Everything you need to know to stay out of trouble with third-party representatives. Does hearing the sentence "Just make that grant check payable to my fiscal agent" stop you in your tracks? It should. If your potential grantees are washing your grant funds through an accommodating charity…

Sample Grant Closing Letter

https://cof.org/content/sample-grant-closing-letter
You can send this customizable sample closing letter to grantees upon the conclusion of their grant.

Closing Documents Checklist

https://cof.org/content/closing-documents-checklist
As you prepare to close out grants, this customizable checklist can help ensure that you've received the appropriate documents from grantees.

Sample Expenditure Report

https://cof.org/content/sample-expenditure-report
This customizable sample report allows you to track expenditures by grantees.

Sample Grant File Index

https://cof.org/content/sample-grant-file-index
This sample grant file index allows you to see the types of information which your foundation may need to keep on each of your grantees.

Sample Proposal Acknowledgment Letter

https://cof.org/content/sample-proposal-acknowledgment-letter
This sample grant proposal acknowledgment letter will allow you to let prospective grantees know that their application has been received.  

Sample Grant Proposal Application Checklist

https://cof.org/content/sample-grant-proposal-application-checklist
This sample grant proposal application checklist can be customized to your foundation's processes, allowing you to check off each step of the grant application process.