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For the first time in its history, the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) has expanded its mission to include promoting affordable housing for low-income residents who ride public transportation throughout the county.
Thanks to a voter-approved sales tax increase…
The Council’s public policy team is drafting Council comments for the working groups. We will share these with our readers once they are finalized. If your organization submits comments and is willing to share them with the Council, we would like to highlight excerpts in future editions of…
In countless neighborhoods across the country, hundreds of community foundations are improving the lives of residents and the places where they live. These philanthropic organizations often work without much recognition—until now. Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (…
This convening, co-hosted by The Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Council on Foundations and the Southeastern Council of Foundations, will bring together foundation leaders and stakeholders to continue exploring ways to create equitable opportunities for boys and men of color. We will take up one of…
Leonard Aube, Executive Director of the Annenberg Foundation, passed away this week. He will be remembered for his courage and vision in serving Los Angeles, and providing over $2 billion in support to more than 2,500 non-profits around the world. His leadership will be greatly missed by the entire…
The Community Foundations National Standards Board (CFNSB) is pleased to announce that Hugh Ralston, president and CEO of the Ventura County Community Foundation (VCCF), is its new president. A supporting organization of the Council on Foundations, the CFNSB is responsible…
The Council’s legal team advised that a donor advised fund may make a distribution to another donor advised fund, without limitation and without the need to exercise expenditure responsibility. The technical explanation for the Pension Protection Act explicitly states: “A taxable…
Kim Bluitt, Member Relations Director, Pacific Q&A with Jonathan Lorenzo Yorba, President & CEO, The Community Foundation Serving the Counties of Riverside & San Bernardino,
Now in its second year, Philanthropy Week in Washington, March 16-20, 2015, was a week-long series of…
The Council on Foundations today announced important partnerships with two leaders advancing social impact, the Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) and the Mission Investors Exchange. The Council will add its complementary platform to amplify, convene, and connect around the good work of…
The Council on Foundations recognizes that there is tremendous interest in the growing field of impact investing, and as such a the topic will be addressed in a number of sessions throughout the 2015 Annual Meeting. These conversations will be present across the programming areas—Natural…