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The steps of expenditure responsibility are the federally-mandated procedures a private foundation (and DAFs) must follow for any grant made to a non-charity. While the rules for exercising expenditure responsibility are relatively straightforward, many issues and…
This webinar will explain the tools available under federal tax law to 501(c)(3) nonprofits seeking to participate in public policy during election season. Participants will learn how nonprofits can engage with voters around issues of interest and encourage civic participation in the upcoming…
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Designated and Agency Funds -- What's the Difference?
Community foundations offer a wide range of benefits to their communities. A popular and growing service is the holding, investing, and disbursing of endowment and special project funds for other charities. With the…
Join leaders of private foundations and endowed non-profits for CNJG’s 3rd biennial Investment Forum for Foundations and Endowments at The Palace at Somerset Park. You’ll gain rare access to leading asset managers, financial service institutions, professional advisors and practitioners…
Do you need guidance to help determine what records you should be retaining, for how long, and for what reason? Records, in both paper and electronic form, serve as the corporate memory of an organization; they document, support, and guide daily operations. These materials also form the basis for…
Should grantmakers evaluate and continually improve the practices they use to make grants? At PEAK Grantmaking, we believe they should! The “how” of grantmaking is essential to growing impact, increasing transparency, and getting the best possible return on philanthropic investments.…
Steven C. Snyder is the Managing Director and Head of Relationship Management at CommonFund.
Earlier this month, a group of corporate citizenship leaders representing a range of industries assembled in New York to answer this question: What must we do to transform the corporate philanthropy and corporate citizenship fields?
The context of the question comes at a time when business’…
by Carol Thompson Cole
In this day of 24-7 media, information flows nonstop and infinite reams of data can be crunched in seconds. Yet I am sometimes shocked by how very little we know, even about what’s going on in our own neighborhoods. Information is power, and while research and data…
Editor's note: This post is one in a series highlighting sessions for the upcoming Endowments and Finance Summit, held in Washington, DC, on September 6-7. The Summit is where foundation leaders – such as CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, Senior Investment Officers and board and investment committee…