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We will examine the laws and regulations governing grantmaking by private foundations and discuss strategies for complying with applicable private foundation excise tax rules. We’ll explore common self-dealing issues and various approaches for structuring grants that will count toward your…
This 75-minute webinar will highlight how several foundations are measuring outcomes and impact, with a focus on the mechanisms and processes they use to collect, analyze, and share data. The presenters, representing a range of grantmakers and approaches, will give participants a brief nuts-and-…
A grantmakers’ application and reporting practices are often the first – and sometimes the only – thing that a grantseeker or grantee organization experiences as evidence of what the grantmaker cares about. When your application, monitoring, and reporting practices are burdensome…
A post-graduation scholarship is a type of charitable grant that foundations would make to attract individuals with career skills needed in a particular region to make their homes and build their careers in that community. A post-graduation scholarship would be awarded to an individual who has…
Last month at Legal Matters in Milwaukee, among the 50 community foundation colleagues in attendance, I argued that a newly defined role for community foundations is solidifying for the field.
That role is to create the atmosphere, culture, and ecosystem for shared ownership of…
Last week, I visited New York to meet with Katy Knight, Deputy Executive Director at the Siegal Family Endowment (SFE).
The SFE is a foundation focused on understanding and shaping learning in our technology-driven world. They think about their work in three buckets: Computational…
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Council on Foundations today announced the 2018 winners of the Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships. The awards recognize exemplary partnerships between foundations and government that have been critical in…
New Data and Trends on International Giving
Did you know that grants by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation accounted for almost 50% of all international grants awarded by US foundations? Or that between 2011 and 2015, only 12% of funds went directly to local organizations without…
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot…
Council Sends Letter to the Hill on UBIT Concerns
Rettig Comments on Johnson Amendment, SALT Workarounds in Senate Finance Hearing
President Trump Nominates Judge Kavanaugh to Replace Justice Kennedy
Council and FEMA Announce New Partnership…
Editor's Note: This is part one of a series focusing on the winners of the 2018 Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships.
The great Michael Jordan once said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” For 75 years, The…