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Lauren Thomas Priest (she/her/hers) serves as a program officer on the Community Impact Team. She leads strategies to reduce racial income and wealth gaps in metro Atlanta through the Foundation’s Income & Wealth systems work.
Originally from Cleveland, Ohio, Lauren has lived in the Atlanta…
Marlene Spalten is a foundation executive leading one of the largest community foundations in Florida since 2012. She is experienced in creative and collaborative philanthropic services, grantmaking, and community leadership. During her tenure at the Community Foundation Tampa Bay, the annual…
Voter participation and civic engagement are core facets of a healthy and thriving democracy. At a time when voter participation in the U.S. continues to lag behind that in other countries, foundations have the opportunity to provide needed support. But what can foundations legally do, and what…
WASHINGTON - The Council on Foundations and Independent Sector are disappointed by the court ruling today against the Atlanta-based Fearless Foundation, an organization led by Black women that helps combat underfunding in venture capital by providing grants, tools, and mentorship to women of…
Workshop Hours
Wednesday, June 5 : 1:00-4:30 p.m. ET
Thursday, June 6: 1:00-4:30 p.m. ET
Your Faculty
Ben McDearmon
Director, Legal Resources
Council on Foundations
Remy Barnwell
Staff Counsel
Council on Foundations
Your Hosts
Jill Gordon
Senior…
On May 15, the House Ways and Means Committee held a mark up to consider five bills that would create new transparency and disclosure requirements for tax-exempt organizations, as well as increase penalties for the unauthorized disclosure of taxpayer information. The Committee approved all five.…
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…
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Thank you for registering for Building Together 2024! We’re so glad you’ve chosen to spend time with us in Chicago to develop the heartset, mindset, and skillset to lead collaboratively across differences.
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