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Selected for their diverse experience as social innovators, the 2014 Fall Conference for Community Foundations Advisory Group is made up of 25 driven leaders, from inside and outside of philanthropy. The unique perspective of each Advisory Group member contributes complementary points of view…
Many community foundations are recognizing that impact investing can be a powerful tool in our philanthropic toolbox. Mission investments are investments made by foundations to further their philanthropic goals. Since 2009, the Seattle Foundation has committed $4 million of its unrestricted…
At the White House last week, foundation executives, including the Council’s President and CEO Vikki Spruill, met with senior Administration officials for a roundtable on the future of impact investing. A complement to charitable giving and foundation grantmaking, impact investing offers a…
How can we engage older residents while tapping their expertise? In 2006, The New York Community Trust responded to an invitation from Atlantic Philanthropies offering challenge to get people over 60 involved as they improve life for everyone in their communities. Atlantic’s effort, called…
Schedule-at-a-Glance
*Subject to change. For details, please view the full programming schedule or download the 2014 Fall Conference Program.
You can pick up your conference packet and registration materials at the Registration Desk located in Community Central at the Cleveland Convention…
Thank you to all of those who joined us for our 2014 Annual Conference: Philanthropy Exchange. With more than 1,200 philanthropic leaders – attendees, speakers, partners and exhibitors – the conference opened conversations on the critical issues facing our society and the ways…
At the Council on Foundations Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., some funders were expressing a move toward a new way of doing business with their grantees. Accountability has long been a theme in grantmaking. It has traditionally been top-down – foundations being held accountable to the…
Brian Byrnes - President and CEO, Santa Fe Community Foundation
Brian T. Byrnes has been the President and CEO of the Santa Fe Community Foundation since 2009. Under his leadership the Foundation has significantly grown its role as an influential voice and facilitator of challenging social change…
On Monday, June 9, at the Council’s 2014 Annual Conference: Philanthropy Exchange, Monitor Institute announced a new resource for community foundations, the What’s Next for Community PhilanthropyToolkit.
The What’s Next Toolkit features nearly a dozen interconnected essays,…
This post is part of the #CF100 Series of blog posts. The Council on Foundations is marking the 100th anniversary of the nation’s first community foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, by highlighting the roles of community foundations with this series.
At the Council on Foundations…