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THANKS FOR MAKING 2013 A SUCCESS!
From testimony before the Ways and Means Committee and Foundations on the Hill to the launch of our Network Team and publication of new resources, 2013 has been quite an eventful year for the Council and the philanthropic field. Because of your collaboration and…
We are pleased to partner with the Cleveland Foundation to promote a groundbreaking international project that will inform community philanthropy around the globe. The Community Foundation Atlas will be unveiled at our Centennial Year, Fall Conference for Community Foundations next October 20-…
July 9, 2013
Dear Colleagues,
We are writing today to update you on our work on your behalf during the last year to make the Council more effective and responsive. This will be the first in a series of updates about the work of the Council.
A year ago today, the board directed the Council on…
Members can now download the 2012 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investments for Private Foundations through the Council store. We are making this resource available to our members at no cost (a $750 value), so be sure to get your copy today.
Featured in the Wall Street Journal,…
This past Sunday, December 1st, marked the 25th annual World AIDS Day, an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS. We know that private philanthropy has played a catalytic role in the response to HIV/AIDS, increasing from a mere $216,000 in 1983 to roughly…
WHAT: As issues with violence, joblessness, and poverty continue to escalate in communities across the country, the Council on Foundations Annual Conference, April 7-9 in Chicago, will provide a platform for more than 1,000 of the nation's philanthropic and grantmaking leaders to convene on…
On November 20, in conjunction with the Charitable Giving Coalition’s “Protect Giving Day,” Senators John Thune (R-SD) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) issued a letter in full support of the charitable deduction. This letter is a perfect example of the growing bipartisan support for…
https://cof.org/blogs/re-philanthropy/2013-03-06/participating-conversation-help-reduce-gun-violence
The statistics are hard to ignore, and you may already be familiar with many of them. In 2010, guns took the lives of more than 31,000 Americans in homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings. This is the equivalent of more than 85 deaths each day and more than three deaths each hour. …