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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.

Lara Kalwinski

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Lara is the former Executive Director, National Standards and Senior Counsel for Compliance & Policy at the Council on Foundations.

Council Submits Comments on Chinese Overseas NGO Management Legislation

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In response to requests for comments on the Chinese government’s draft Overseas NGO Management legislation, the Council worked with members and key partners to develop and send the following letter to Chinese officials on June 3rd, 2015. We look forward to continuing to monitor this…

FATF Says Nonprofits No Longer 'Particularly Vulnerable' - What's Next?

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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has revised its Recommendation 8 on regulation of nonprofits to no longer characterize them as "particularly vulnerable" to terrorist abuse and made important changes to the Interpretive Note to this Recommendation. Non-profit groups are now…

National Preparedness Month: Updates Regarding Flooding and Disasters

https://cof.org/blogs/re-philanthropy/2017-09-07/national-preparedness-month-updates-regarding-flooding-and
Government, charities, and businesses are stepping up to respond to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Jose. In the last week, a flood of new or updated resources were released just in time for National Preparedness Month. Here are some that the Council on Foundations is using to work with our members.…

Jeff West

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Jeff West is the former Director of Corporate Philanthropy at the Council on Foundations. 

Animal Grantmakers Annual Conference

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The Animal Grantmakers annual conference will be held in Portland, Oregon, October 15 - 18. For funders only, this conference includes 30 expert speakers,  site visits, a gala dinner and plenty of socializing and networking. There is no registration fee for grantmakers attending an Animal…

Innovative Impact Investing in Education

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Education is a high priority for many grantmakers but opportunities to use impact investing tools are less familiar to many foundation leaders today. Join Mission Investors Exchange to learn how two foundations, the Walton Family Foundation and Lumina Foundation, have built and innovated their…

A Word on Partnerships: Council’s Legal Team Working Side by Side With Regional Partners

https://cof.org/blogs/re-philanthropy/2017-08-30/word-partnerships-council%E2%80%99s-legal-team-working-side-side-regional
When people think of the myriad of partnerships in which the Council engages, the legal team may not come first to mind. But the fact of the matter is, the legal team regularly engages with other organizations, particularly our regional partners, on behalf of the sector. Recently, I, along with my…

2017 Endowments & Finance Summit - Working Group

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Working Group Members Co-Chairs Stephanie Bell-Rose Senior Managing Director and Head TIAA Institute Kenneth Jones, Jr. Vice President/CFO The Annie E. Casey Foundation Vikki Spruill President and CEO Council on Foundations…