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K is the Director of Partnerships for The Dinner Party Labs. The People’s Supper is a program of The Dinner Party Labs. She works with communities to build trust and to move through conflict across lines of identity or ideological difference, spearheading extensive collaborations with the…
Emily Cuneo DeSmedt represents employers in a wide variety of employment-related matters, including the defense of wrongful termination, harassment, discrimination, and retaliation claims. Emily is recognized as a strategic, practical, and decisive litigator, who consistently achieves summary…
This blog is part of the Council's Dialogue Across Difference series. In this space, we will share your viewpoints: In a time of polarization and mistrust, how can philanthropy bridge across difference?
In the 1830s Alexis de Tocqueville wrote that he was astonished by Americans’…
Faced with rising social division and discord, the philanthropic sector is increasingly pursuing strategies to connect and collaborate across differences and counteract toxic polarization. In 2023, the Council, PACE, and New Pluralists teamed up to conduct a landscape scan to better understand how…
Stewardship Events: Creating Memorable Donor Experiences
Join us for a dynamic virtual meet-up focused on stewardship events in donor services. This engaging session will address the challenges of events, including gauging interest, attendance, technology for hybrid events, accommodating…
Lessons Learned
Michael Batchelor is CEO of the Erie Community Foundation
Erie Community Foundation President Mike Batchelor believes that community foundations are ideally positioned to quarterback efforts such as Vital Signs.
“Frankly, we have the money, we have the long-term…
The findings presented in this snapshot are based on data collected from over 220 community foundations reflecting fiscal year 2022, sourced from a combination of CF Insights Annual Survey responses and publicly available financial statements. The Council extends our thanks to all who have…
The collective asset total among all reporting community foundations is 10 percent lower than the collective total for 2021. During a year in which the broader economy was experiencing a significant decline which impacted invested assets, 84 percent of all participating community foundations…
Donor-advised funds (DAFs) housed at community foundations represent a significant portion of the funds held in the field, and unsurprisingly experienced the same negative year over year changes in assets and fundraising that the field saw more broadly. Still, DAFs remain a highly active vehicle…
Staff and financial resources are important to monitor for smaller foundations who are looking to grow, and for larger foundations who are looking for the flexibility to diversify their offerings.