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This Week in Tax Reform
The discussion around tax reform is still alive and well, as demonstrated by hearings this week in both the House and the Senate.
On Tuesday, Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-UT) of the Senate Finance Committee held a second hearing on corporate tax integration…
In Star Wars, Episode IV (still the best one in my opinion!), when the Death Star looms large in front of the Millenium Falcon, Luke Skywalker mutters, “I have a very bad feeling about this.”
When it comes to federal regulation of donor advised funds, I’m beginning to feel the…
This event is part of the Legal Matters for Community Foundations series, which the Council is offering in 2018.
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Led by Suzanne Friday, Counsel for the Council on Foundations and Brad Ward, Director of Community Philanthropy, this workshop is…
Virtual Format of Legal Matters for Community Foundations!
Limited Size ensures peer interaction and direct question sessions.
Led by the Council on Foundations Legal Team, Ben McDearmon and Bryan Del Rosario, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal…
This post is part of the #CF100 Series of blog posts. The Council on Foundations is marking the 100th anniversary of the nation’s first community foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, by highlighting the roles of community foundations with this series.
See where it all began at our…
The Council supports policies that allow philanthropy to grow, thrive, and advance the greater good. We play an active role in shaping a policy environment that enables you to do your work most effectively, and we engage with lawmakers and partners to stay connected with emerging issues that…
Anne Kubisch has worked in philanthropy for over 40 years, most recently as President and CEO of The Ford Family Foundation, where she stepped down in September 2023 after ten years of service. Anne helped establish the foundation as a nationally recognized advocate for rural communities that…
This month I’m highlighting the National Standards for U.S. Community Foundations® program, which I’m delighted to report continues to add distinction to the work of the field.
I'm also sharing several other resources below to help kick off the summer season, including “…
The first-ever North American Community Foundations Summit was held in Mexico City on February 5-6 and was co-hosted with Comunalia, Community Foundations of Canada. With over 200 attendees, the Summit focused on achieving the SDGs and included discussions about reducing poverty, building resilient…
Excited, relieved, eager, anxious—those were some of the feelings I experienced when I found out I was selected as an Atlas Corps Fellow to serve at the Council on Foundations.
I was working at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade in Jamaica when I received the confirmation…