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In this edition of Washington Snapshot, HUD award applications are now open and we are currently tracking the Trump administration's first executive actions.
In this edition of Washington Snapshot we invite members to join us for Foundations on the Hill and share our updated policy resources hub on the Council website. We also continue to monitor the President’s executive actions and their potential impact on the philanthropic sector.
In this edition of Washington Snapshot, we are tracking new legislation from Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-TN) and Rep. Lance Gooden (R-TX) as well as continued federal cuts and the ongoing budget reconciliation debate.
Larger community foundations tend to hold specialized staff roles to serve large, diverse sets of donors who may require different levels and types of service. For smaller community foundations, staff will often serve multiple roles and are more likely to work directly with a higher number of…
Larger community foundations will achieve an economy of scale that keeps their expense to asset ratio relatively low compared to smaller peers. This ratio is a shorthand to understand the “leanness” of a community foundation’s operating model but is highly informed by several factors such as the…
Nearly all survey respondents said they would, at minimum, attempt to contact the holder of a dormant DAF to encourage them to activate their fund. Follow-up steps are varied but commonly include distributing the fund in alignment with the donor’s original stated intent or transferring the fund to…
Every community foundation that said they take action to activate dormant DAFs do so after no more than five years without fund activity, and 85% of respondents said they take action after three years. In cases where the time horizon may extend beyond five years, it will typically be a case of the…
Smaller, emerging, and growing community foundations typically carry more of their assets in endowed funds than larger peers as they look to grow and sustain themselves by maintaining a reliable source of administrative fee income. Larger community foundations will often move toward diversifying…
Most asset size cohorts are in line with each other in terms of gifts and grants per capita except for the largest community foundations which, while often based in more densely populated urban centers, achieve an economy of scale. (n=373)
Median change in grants: 10%