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It’s been about a month since I returned from Los Angeles, where I attended the Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy (EPIP) National Conference and the Council on Foundations Annual Conference. I am extremely grateful that those organizations partnered to provide “Stay in L.A.”…
Hundreds of miles from urban centers like Memphis, Atlanta, and New Orleans, the five counties served by the Community Foundation of East Mississippi are a textbook definition of “rural.” Cotton was king here years ago, but ever since it left—along with a good deal of the…
Hanna Love is a fellow at Brookings Metro, where her research centers on the intersection between place, economic opportunity, and public safety. Love’s recent work has focused on scaling community-centered economic inclusion in urban and rural markets, advancing place-based approaches to community…
Kathryn J. Dunn is responsible for the strategic direction, development and management of the Foundation’s grantmaking, scholarships, leadership initiatives and evaluation of grant outcomes and impact. She previously spent 14 years at the Helen Bader Foundation, where she specialized in community…
The Pension Protection Act (PPA) was signed into law by President George W. Bush on August 17, 2006. The PPA was designed to improve pension plan funding requirements of employers, as well as 401(k), IRA, and other retirement plans. The PPA also included numerous provisions that affect charitable…
Workshop for the Carolinas, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia Region
Led by Suzanne Friday, Counsel for the Council on Foundations, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal questions for administering funds, grants, and community foundation activities are addressed. Suzanne…
As boards of education across the country begin their 2012-13 budget processes, city residents should know that private investment in public schools is making a significant difference in helping children from low-income homes excel in school.
In Norwalk, CT, thanks to donations from people who…
As President and CEO of Adirondack Foundation, in Lake Placid, New York, Cali leads efforts to unite people and resources in a rural region undergoing rapid transformation. With an influx of new, often more affluent and culturally diverse residents, the community foundation is stewarding a vision…
The Council's Government Affairs and Legal Resources team provided an overview of the IRS's proposed donor-advised fund (DAF) regulations. The proposed regulations clarify the definitions around DAFs, address excise taxes on taxable distributions made by a sponsoring organization from a DAF,…