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A new report released today by the Council on Foundations and Foundation Center reveals that global giving by U.S. foundations increased by 29% from 2011 to 2015, reaching an all-time high of $9.3 billion in 2015. With mounting challenges that transcend national boundaries, it’s…
Editor's note: This is part of our blog series featuring current participants in the Career Pathways program. Applications for the 2019 cohort open in September.
I believe that it is pretty well understood in the sector that we have an imperative in foundation offices and board rooms to ensure…
Chris Crothers is a Senior Program Officer at the Jessie Ball duPont Fund in Jacksonville, Florida.
Deborah Kasemeyer is Managing Director, Community Development & Investments at Northern Trust.
Earlier this week, the Council and Foundation Center released a new flagship global philanthropy report: The State of Global Giving by US Foundations: 2011-2015.
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This report is the latest in our partnership to track trends in how US foundations support international programs. In…
Editor's Note: The Council thanks our 2018 summer interns for their hard work over the past few months. The summer interns were: Ashul Agrawal, Michael Kelly, Reilly Tifft, Caroline Healey, Chris Tian, Ashley Morrison, and Randall Williams.
As the summer is coming to a close, so is our time…
Editor's Note: In advance of our Inclusive Economic Prosperity in the Midwest convening, we're highlighting stories from the region. This article was originally published in bMag, a publication by the Bush Foundation. Photography is by David Ellis.
On an autumn afternoon in 2017,…
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Have you been curious about the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but not quite sure how to incorporate them within your corporate giving program? Have you wondered how to integrate the SDGs to demonstrate impact throughout your grant making, employee volunteer…
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The steps of expenditure responsibility are the federally-mandated procedures a private foundation (and DAFs) must follow for any grant made to a non-charity. While the rules for exercising expenditure responsibility are relatively straightforward, many issues and…