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For over 70 years, the Council has supported philanthropy’s efforts to advance the greater good amidst persistent global challenges. Over the past 12 months we have faced crises unlike anything we have seen before, including the recent assault on our democracy. And yet, while the struggles we…
Covid-19 is accelerating an already exist trend: the awakening of institutional philanthropy in the global south. Yet the latest research from University of Cambridge’s Centre for Strategic Philanthropy at Judge Business School suggests this awakening is hampered by weak philanthropy…
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Nidale (nee-DAHL) is a Senior Manager, Government Affairs at the Council. Prior to her role at the Council, Nidale worked on geographic inequality and international relations in nonprofit and academic settings. Nidale earned her Bachelors in Political Science from Columbia University and her…
The Problem of Hate
Over the past several years, anti-democratic extremism, hate speech, and politically motivated violence have increasingly threatened many of the most cherished values in civil society. Although the vast majority of philanthropic funding goes to charities acting to advance the…
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Nonprofit Coalition Letter
The Council on Foundations joined several other national nonprofits…
The Council on Foundations today announced the appointment of four nonprofit leaders to its Board of Directors, as well as the renomination of two current members for a second term. New members include: Martha I. Jimenez, Executive Vice President and General Counsel of The California Endowment;…
At the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines, we’ve been talking about how to deal with minor successors being named on a fund. We started looking into it after reading a discussion about it on the Philanthropy Exchange. It’s a tricky situation: If your fund adviser is underage,…
Amy Webb is Founder and CEO of the Future Today Institute, a leading future forecasting and strategy firm that researches technology and answers “What’s the future of X?” for a global client base. She is the author of The Signals Are Talking, Why Today’s Fringe Is Tomorrow…
Responding to requests from the Council on Foundations and Independent Sector, the Internal Revenue Service on December 4, 2006 issued interim guidance on several of the donor-advised fund issues arising from the Pension Protection Act of 2006. The IRS notice is available at http://www.irs.gov/pub/…