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The Council is excited to once again join the Growing Community Foundation Conference as a Resource Partner on October 1-3, 2017.
Join your community foundation colleagues in Wichita, Kansas for this dynamic Conference tailored but not limited to small-staffed and volunteer-led…
The Claremont Evaluation Center provides world-class practical and theoretical training workshops in evaluation and applied research. Topics range from Grant Writing, to topics in Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods, to sector-specific issues in Evaluation, such as education, sustainable…
Introduction
Should your foundation board members be compensated for service, or should they serve in a voluntary capacity? Whether you are considering this issue for the first time, or whether it’s a question that has arisen before, compensation has become more than an internal management…
Data gathered in the 2016 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF) show that participating private foundations reported an average return of 6.4 percent for the 2016 fiscal year (January 1 – December 31, 2016)…
This article will help your board consider three main questions:
What are the advantages and limitations of large versus small boards?
What size will help us best accomplish our mission?
How do our colleagues approach this question?
Although board size varies significantly among…
Since I joined the Council in early 2016, I have fielded many requests from community foundations (CFs) seeking support and guidance in facilitating international grants, often due to growing interest from members of their community in supporting causes overseas. At the Council, we’ve…
A first-of-its kind analysis of international grantmaking by large U.S. community foundations was released today by the Council on Foundations and Foundation Center. Local Communities with Global Reach: International Giving by U.S. Community Foundations shows that international grantmaking is…