Embracing Better Ways of Operating
Collaboration, Communication, Commitment: The Essentials of Community Development
The once-closed public library in Chicago's Marshall Square, silent for a decade, now thrives as a dynamic community center, pulsating with youth activities and powered by clean, renewable energy.
Luis Gutierrez, founder and CEO of Latinos Progresando, which runs the center, hails it as an “…
Philanthropy's New Voice: Building Trust With Deeper Stories and Clear Language
Publication
United States foundations are an essential element of America’s social sector, supporting causes from public libraries to groundbreaking research, to new approaches to building a more equitable world. But despite their reach, foundations have an identity problem. From small towns to Washington, D.C…
Community Foundation Excellence (CFE) Fundamentals Course - Virtual - November 2024
THIS TRAINING IS SOLD OUT.
A well-trained staff and an informed board are critical to the success of community foundations in our fast-changing world. This course helps community foundation staff that are new to the field build the essential skills they need to balance governance and management…
Legal Matters for Community Foundations - September 2024
Led by the Council on Foundations Legal Team, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal questions for administering funds, grants, and community foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and…
Legal Matters for Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs - Virtual - August 2024
Led by the Council on Foundations Legal team, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal questions for administering funds, grants, and corporate foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and…
Legal Matters for Community Foundations - June 2024
Led by the Council on Foundations Legal Team, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal questions for administering funds, grants, and community foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and…
Global Grantmaking Essentials - April 2024
This course is sold out. Still interested in Global Grantmaking Essentials? Join us in October.
The Global Grantmaking Essentials course provides a thorough overview of the laws governing global grantmaking and offers practical solutions for foundation staff responsible for making grants abroad.…
New Executive Leaders Roundtable - December 2023
Creating Peer Space for Leaders in Private and Corporate Philanthropy
Foundation leaders are uniquely positioned to advance change in their organizations, their communities, and the broader field. The Council is excited to offer programming to support foundation executive leaders, particularly…
Community Foundation Excellence (CFE) Fundamentals Course - Virtual - July 2024
A well-trained staff and an informed board are critical to the success of community foundations in our fast-changing world. This course helps community foundation staff that are new to the field build the essential skills they need to balance governance and management with the broader understanding…
Community Foundation Excellence (CFE) Fundamentals Course - Virtual - April 2024
The April/May course is SOLD OUT. You can register for the July 17-18 & 24-25 course instead.
A well-trained staff and an informed board are critical to the success of community foundations in our fast-changing world. This course helps community foundation staff that are new to the field…
Legal Matters for Community Foundations - March 2024
Led by the Council on Foundations Legal Team, this workshop is flexibly organized to ensure that your broad legal questions for administering funds, grants, and community foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and…
Community Foundation Excellence (CFE) Fundamentals Course - Virtual - February 2024
A well-trained staff and an informed board are critical to the success of community foundations in our fast-changing world. This course helps community foundation staff that are new to the field build the essential skills they need to balance governance and management with the broader understanding…
Introducing the Council’s 2023 Member Survey
At the Council on Foundations, we pride ourselves on being a learning organization – one that continuously seeks to understand, reflect, and evolve. It’s in that spirit that we introduce our upcoming member survey. All of our members have received invitations to participate from our research…
Philanthropy Can Further Social Cohesion: One Way to Get Started
This blog is part of the Council's Dialogue Across Difference series. In this space, we will share your viewpoints: In a time of polarization and mistrust, how can philanthropy bridge across difference?
The Constitution empowers us to create “a more perfect union.” Today, toxic polarization…
2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report
Publication, Research
The 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report is updated with the most recent sector data. Information is presented by grantmaker type, foundation type, asset size, and geographic location. Additionally, 2023 report contents include:
Salary data on 10,733 full-time staff from 957…
2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report Shows Pay and Benefits Up After Record Inflation, but More Turnover
WASHINGTON - The Council on Foundations today announced the release of the 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report (GSB), an annual analysis of key human resources trends that includes the most comprehensive data on the composition and compensation of U.S. foundations.
This year’s GSB Report…