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The Council is hosting a series of monthly Member Policy Briefings as a forum for philanthropic leaders to navigate the shifting landscape. This briefing is exclusively for CEOs, Presidents, or Executive Directors of community foundations.
Frequently Asked Questions about...
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) Gifts and Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCDs)
May a donor make a QCD from an IRA to their donor-advised fund (DAF) or someone else’s DAF?
What happens if a donor chooses to transfer money from their IRA into a…
By Lola Harmon-Ramsey, director of impact and engagement at the Fremont Area Community Foundation
I live and work in Newaygo County, a large rural county in Michigan with five municipalities and just under 50,000 people. Each locality moves to its own rhythm and its own priorities. Combined with…
WASHINGTON - In the volatile but ultimately supportive market environment of 2024, average annual returns on foundation endowments landed in double-digit positive territory from the previous year for the 255 foundations surveyed in the annual Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of…
On September 25, President Trump issued a memorandum addressing domestic terrorism and organized political violence. Find our summary of the provisions in the memo below.
Section 1. Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.
The recent influx in political violence is not a series…
As we approach the end of 2025, community foundations face a range of questions related to gift acceptance and donor stewardship. This is a recording of an open office hours session where the Council’s Legal Resources team discussed key year-end topics and answered audience questions.
Gislaine Williams serves as a Civic Engagement Program Officer for Houston Endowment, overseeing the foundation’s strategies to increase immigrant civic integration in the Greater Houston area. Her career spans 15 years working with national and Houston-area nonprofits empowering refugee and…
Jennifer Zeisler oversees ECMC Foundation’s strategically responsive grants and emerging initiatives portfolio, which provides funding to support projects connected to one or more strategic priority and focused on improving postsecondary persistence and increasing degree completion, inclusive of…