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Operating endowments can provide stability and long-term sustainability for community foundations. They can also provide resources that enable foundation leaders to play a stronger leadership role in the community and direct resources to the most pressing issues. Developing and executing an…
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Community Foundations around the country recognize that they must deploy capital beyond financial assets to improve their regions. At the same time, our community leadership has grown frustrated by the pace of change. Most of these leaders have come to understand that…
Through partnership and with the leadership of Council of Michigan Foundations, the Council on Foundations is excited to share customizable marketing tools repackaged from the original portfolio created by the National Marketing Action Team (NMAT).
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With the pace of change in our world, disruption is a natural state in communities everywhere. Change is the new normal. So how do community foundations, institutions of long-standing tradition that are influential in how communities address change, adapt themselves to the new normal?…
A Toolkit for Community Foundations
“Impact investing” is the practice of investing for social and environmental impact while generating financial return. For community foundations, impact investing represents a new, complementary tool for achieving community change. Community foundations are…
Donor-advised funds are increasing in number and importance in the U.S. as more individuals, families, and organizations adopt this vehicle of philanthropic giving. A donor-advised fund enables a third party, usually a community foundation or other institution, to manage and distribute funds to…
What is Locally Led DevleopmontDecolonising Philanthropy: From conceptual apprehension to functional progress | Alliance Development Co-operation Report 2023: Debating the Aid System | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)Global Greengrants Fund: Who, What, Why |…
Nearly every country or region of the world has a network dedicated to philanthropy. These organizations can be effective partners for U.S.-based foundations that are new to working in the region or looking for new partners. For funders that care about long-term sustainability of nonprofit sectors…
Within the larger philanthropic infrastructure landscape, several organizations are dedicated to serving community foundations specifically. The Council is committed to engaging with this ecosystem of peer philanthropy-serving organizations.There are several different types of networks that serve…
Kristen Cambell holds a portfolio of work focused on social cohesion, civic engagement, and democracy-building initiatives. She advises the Council on Foundations’ Working Across Differences initiative, an effort to help philanthropic professionals build the heartsets, mindsets, and skillsets to…