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The Council's Legal Resources team provides trainings, publications, and resources to help you stay up to date on foundation operations and legal compliance. Our staff includes attorneys with experience in nonprofit and tax law who understand the unique legal and compliance issues facing community…
Post-graduation scholarships are charitable grants made by foundations to attract or retain individuals with needed skills and talents to a particular region or community. Generally, a traditional scholarship given to an individual to attend an educational institution is tax-free, while a post-…
The Council's Legal team has created a collection of Frequently Asked Questions pages to help members navigate some of the most common legal questions that foundations encounter.
Most of these resources are available only to Council members, except for the Scholarships FAQ page and pages about…
The policy issues that impact philanthropy are wide-ranging. Our issue pages include the latest developments on policies that impact your foundation and nonprofit partners, including:
Charitable Deduction
Donor-Advised Funds
Federal Budget
Global Philanthropy
IRA Charitable Rollover…
Join this peer space for foundation staff that manage and lead scholarship programs. These engaging peer events are designed to be informal, peer-led conversations with fellow foundation staff (of all types) to share best practices and explore common challenges in scholarship programs. Whether you…
The IssueThe One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA - P.L. 119-21) included a provision (Section 70411) to create a new nonrefundable tax credit for contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs). An SGO is defined as a 501(c)(3) public charity that provides scholarships to students for…
One CF Leadership Coalition benefit is access to board book inserts that summarize public policy developments relevant to community foundations to share with your board of directors. This insert includes Executive, Congressional and Legal updates between January and June. You can download a PDF of…
In May 2023, a bipartisan coalition led by Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI), Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL), and Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) introduced the Workforce Development through Post-Graduation Scholarships Act (S.1757/H.R.3582). This legislation amends the tax code to…
OverviewThe Council is committed to helping our members stay informed about litigation that may have an impact on the philanthropic sector. This resource is designed to be a guide to cases that could impact the operations of foundations and other grantmaking organizations. This page lists active…