Community Philanthropy Updates

This month's Community Philanthropy Update focuses on how you can join us and meet the current moment at Leading Locally 2025 in Minneapolis-St. Paul this summer. 

This month's Community Philanthropy Update shares updates on CF Insights Annual Survey results over 600 community foundations in fiscal year 2023 (FY23). This snapshot of growth trends across the field is now live! We hope it helps you build a broader understanding of community foundation…

Join us as we unpack the findings from the CF Insights FY23 Annual Survey, and hear how your peers across the country leverage detailed community foundation business model data to make informed decisions on how to enhance their own operations. David Rosado, the Council's Senior Advisor for…

This month's Community Philanthropy Update is about the Advisory Group for the Center for Community Foundations. You can help inform the Council's work with community foundations by joining the Advisory Group! Apply by February 28.

As we end our terms as co-chairs of the Council’s Advisory Group for the Center for Community Foundations, we wanted to take this opportunity to reflect on our experience.   In early 2023, the Council responded to community foundation feedback to reconvene an advisory group of leaders from…

In this month's Community Philanthropy Update, we're analyzing the recent executive orders and other policy proposals put forth by the new administration and working with legal counsel and talking with our members to fully understand the implications for our sector. We also share a welcome message…

In this edition of the Community Philanthropy Update we shared new legal FAQ resources as well as a list of upcoming events in 2025.

We're excited to introduce the Center for Community Foundations -- a one-stop shop for and about community philanthropy.

Taught by a variety of seasoned and experienced community foundation leaders and Council experts, this course helps community foundation staff and board members master the unique aspects of the community foundation field. You'll learn about effective practices, get helpful tools and information,…

Taught by a variety of seasoned and experienced community foundation leaders and Council experts, this course helps community foundation staff and board members master the unique aspects of the community foundation field. You'll learn about effective practices, get helpful tools and information,…

Taught by a variety of seasoned and experienced community foundation leaders and Council experts, this course helps community foundation staff and board members master the unique aspects of the community foundation field. You'll learn about effective practices, get helpful tools and information,…

Our new report on connecting and collaborating across differences can help you fight toxic polarization in your community pre- and post-election.

Don't miss out on two federal funding opportunities! Our Oct. 2 webinar will tell you how to take advantage of these time-sensitive options.

The CF Insights Fiscal Year 2023 Survey is now open, and CF Insights has been back at the Council for one year!

Since CF Insights went live at the Council one year ago, over 50% more community foundations have started using this peer benchmarking tool. Attendees watched a guided demonstration to learn how their community foundation could benefit from the only dataset of its kind.  During this…

Public-philanthropic partnerships exist in nearly every community in the country, helping us reach goals that we can’t achieve alone. To celebrate this, we recognized the winners of our twelfth annual HUD Secretary’s Award in partnership with the Department of Housing and Urban Development earlier…