Embracing Better Ways of Operating

This blog is the first in the Council's new series, Dialogue Across Difference. In this space, we will share your viewpoints: In a time of polarization and mistrust, how can philanthropy bridge across difference?  In a staff training, the facilitators from Resetting the Table asked us to…

It’s a call no one in philanthropy wants to receive: An organization you funded for its soup kitchen is also running an anti-LGBTQ “conversion therapy” program. Your climate-justice grant may have gone to a group that promotes bombings and arson to disrupt state and federal environmental agencies.…

The virtual 2023 Annual Member Meeting included approval of the nominations for the Board of Directors and the State of the Council address from Kathleen Enright, President and CEO, Council on Foundations.  Celebrating our 2023 Council Award Winners During our 2023 Annual Member…

Join us for the November meeting of our Peer Learning Circle dedicated specifically to foundations working on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or are open to learning more about how the SDGs can fit within their work. Connect with foundation peers to learn about the United…

Join us for the October meeting of our Peer Learning Circle dedicated specifically to foundations working on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or are open to learning more about how the SDGs can fit within their work. Connect with foundation peers to learn about the United Nations…

Join us for the September meeting of our Peer Learning Circle dedicated specifically to foundations working on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or are open to learning more about how the SDGs can fit within their work. Connect with foundation peers to learn about the United…

Join us for the August meeting of our Peer Learning Circle dedicated specifically to foundations working on advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) or those open to learning more about how the SDGs can fit within their work. Connect with foundation peers to learn about the United…

Leading Locally All Year Long Even though the conference is over, the learning continues! The Leading Locally All Year Long webinar series will explore key topics that impact your place-based work.

Discover how a Milwaukee funder collaborative is designing a mixed-use neighborhood while prioritizing community voice. Join this webinar to learn how the Greater Milwaukee Foundation (GMF), the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW), Royal Capital (a Black-owned developer), and the residents of three…

Each year, CF Insights invites US community foundations to contribute to an updated snapshot of the field and a growing peer benchmarking dataset built to inform practice and strategic decision-making. Key takeaways from the most recent survey include: Many community foundations, among the…

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…

CF Insights was created in 2006 by the community foundation field as a partnership between FSG and the Council on Foundations. CF Insights continues the legacy of the Columbus Foundation who led the effort to track the field’s growth and evolution from 1988 to 2007. In 2015, CF Insights moved to…

WASHINGTON - The CF Insights benchmarking platform for community foundations will move from Candid to the Council on Foundations later this year, both organizations announced today. CF Insights is a resource built for community foundations looking to inform organizational strategy and practice…

In this webinar, you’ll learn ideas for collaboration with different communities and stakeholders to enrich the quality of your programs. You’ll walk away with strategies for developing trust and collaboration for community-led initiatives. In 2020 Comunalia, launched the Active Communities Fund…

Join us to learn strategies for trust-based and equity-focused evaluation for grantmaking in disaster contexts! The Greater New Orleans Foundation has learned how evaluation, if done with sensitivity to stakeholders' needs, can guide disaster response towards equitable outcomes and hold…