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FAQ: Scholarships

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Frequently asked questions about establishing and administering scholarships.

Scholarship Funds and PPA Compliance

https://cof.org/content/scholarship-funds-and-ppa-compliance
Information on bringing scholarship funds into compliance under the PPA.

Scholarships & Grants to Individuals

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Making grants to individuals is a time-honored tradition for many foundations. Organizations that operate grants to individuals programs often find that these activities require in-depth legal knowledge. From information about granting scholarships for study to economic hardship awards, the…

Legal Matters for Community Foundations - June 2024

https://cof.org/event/legal-matters-community-foundations-june-2024
Led by the Council on Foundations Legal Team, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal questions for administering funds, grants, and community foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and…

Sari Raskin

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Sari Raskin serves as the VP of Grants and Community Leadership, overseeing the Foundation’s annual discretionary grant program of more than $1 million and scholarship process which awards more than $300,000. Sari directs and helps frame the Community Foundation's growing community leadership…

Legal Matters for Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs - Virtual - April 2023

https://cof.org/event/legal-matters-corporate-foundations-and-giving-programs-virtual-april-2023
Led by the Council on Foundations Legal team, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal questions for administering funds, grants, and corporate foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and…

Janet N. Ekezie

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Janet N. Ekezie is a life enthusiast hoping to influence change through compassion and curiosity. Janet has worked in the public sector for several years. She first worked as a service-learning coordinator, working to coordinate experiential opportunities for students. During this time, Janet…

Increasing the Number and Size of Awards

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When donors to scholarship funds see the impact that their money can have on the life of a student, they are often inspired to contribute more. Sometimes they will add more to the principal of the fund so that future awardees can receive bigger scholarships or more scholarships can be awarded.…

Transforming Community Foundation Scholarship Programs from Administrative Burdens to Strategic Assets

https://cof.org/event/transforming-community-foundation-scholarship-programs-administrative-burdens-strategic-assets
Member Access to Recording With our partners, National College Access Network (NCAN), and the Council on Foundation's Legal Team and Director of Community Philanthropy, this webinar explores key findings from a recent white paper published by NCAN on the topic of scholarships, discusses…

Washington Snapshot: House Education and Labor Committee Approves Higher Education Overhaul; New York Lawmakers study response to federal government shutdowns

https://cof.org/blogs/washington-snapshot/2019-11-01/washington-snapshot-house-education-and-labor-committee
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot... Another Government Shutdown? House Education and Labor Committee Approves Higher Education Overhaul Ways and Means Committee Closed-Door Meeting on Opportunity Zones Treasury Department Announces New Opportunity Zone Reporting Requirements 2019…

Digesting Proposed DAF Regulations

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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,…

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