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About the Council

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The Council on Foundations is a nonprofit membership association that serves as a guide for philanthropies as they advance the greater good. Building on our 75-year history, the Council supports over 1,000 member organizations in the United States and around the world to build trust in philanthropy…

Resources

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This section features all legal, best practices, sample documents, and resources we believe can help grantmakers and foundations. Some of these items are only available to members.

Community Foundation Locator

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Find community foundations in your area.

Balancing Purpose, Payout, and Permanence

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  "How much should we spend?" It's an essential question for all funders, and an especially complex one for endowed private foundations. The answer of "around 5%" was never universal as foundations sought creative means of ensuring that assets would serve mission…

Welcoming A New Group of Innovative Leaders to the Council's Board of Directors

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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;…

Washington Snapshot: States extend spending for nonprofits, plus updates on a new COVID-19 relief package and news from the executive branch.

https://cof.org/blogs/washington-snapshot/2021-02-08/washington-snapshot-states-extend-spending-nonprofits-plus
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot... News from the Hill Executive and Regulatory Affairs Happening in the States News from the Hill COVID-19 Update The House and Senate are moving forward to quickly pass a new COVID-19 relief package. As we have noted…

Irma González Neri

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  Irma González Neri is the Executive Director of the Centro Integral de Atención a las Mujeres(CIAM) in Cancún, Mexico. CIAM works to build peaceful communities from a gender and human rights perspective, understanding peace not as the absence of violence, but as the presence of justice,…

Kimberly McClain

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  Kimberly McClain is the Senior Regional Director for the Americas at Global Fund for Children(GFC). GFC works to build a world where all children and youth enjoy equal resources and opportunities in society and live free from violence, discrimination, and exploitation. To that end, GFC…

Kathy Hall

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  Kathy Hall is the Director of the Equality for Women and Girls program at The Summit Foundation, a private family foundation committed to a world where people can thrive and nature can flourish – a world in which one is not sacrificed for the other. The foundation seeks to promote the…

Introduction to Individual Giving

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Individual giving has historically been the biggest source of private giving to U.S. charities. Join us to find out how to start or improve your annual individual giving program. Register for free: http://bit.ly/CL030321

Snapshot: We are monitoring Congressional negotiations on a package that would extend federal funding and COVID-19 relief

https://cof.org/blogs/washington-snapshot/2020-12-22/snapshot-we-are-monitoring-congressional-negotiations-package
Snapshot will take a holiday break and will resume when Congress returns the week of January 3rd. In This Week's Edition of Snapshot... News from the Hill Executive and Regulatory Affairs Happening in the States News from the Hill…

Washington Snapshot: Last week’s acts of terror against the U.S. Capitol and state houses captured our nation and the world’s attention.

https://cof.org/blogs/washington-snapshot/2021-01-15/washington-snapshot-last-week%E2%80%99s-acts-terror-against-us-capitol
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot... News from the Council News from the Hill Supreme Court of the United States Executive and Regulatory Affairs Happening in the States News from the Council…