International Giving

In 2019, GuideStar and Foundation Center joined forces to become Candid, a new nonprofit organization. Candid maintains one of the most comprehensive databases in the U.S., offering a robust, accessible knowledge bank for the social sector. It also operates research, education, and training…

The Charity & Security Network’s mission is to protect civil society’s ability to carry out peacebuilding, humanitarian aid, human rights and development work without being unduly constrained by counterterrorism laws and policies. Launched in late 2008, the Charity & Security Network is…

INCL comes from virtually every continent, and shares a vision in which individuals are empowered to improve their everyday lives. We seek a legal environment that strengthens civil society, advances the freedoms of association and assembly, fosters philanthropy, and enables public participation…

The European Foundation Centre is the platform for and champion of institutional philanthropy – with a focus on Europe, but also with an eye to the global philanthropic landscape. Established in 1989, the EFC is an international membership association of foundations and corporate funders.…

The Council on Foundations, a member of the Global NPO Coalition on FATF, applauds the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) recent update to its counter-terrorism recommendation on NPOs, specifically grantmakers. The Council hails the removal of the long-standing characterization of nonprofits as “…

This post originally appeared as an op-ed in The Chronicle of Philanthropy on June 24, 2016 with the title "Brexit Vote Will Force Philanthropy to Tackle Many Tough Issues." The vote for Britain to exit the European Union took philanthropy and the rest of the world by surprise. But it raises tough…

On May 10, 2016, the Council on Foundations (the Council) and International Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ICNL) convened over 100 organizations to discuss new Chinese legislation that may restrict the work of Hong Kong- and Taiwan-based foundations and other nonprofits in China. Members can access…

Giving USA 2016 was released this week and found that overall U.S. charitable giving from all sources—including individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations—reached an estimated $373.25 billion in 2015. This was an all-time high for the second consecutive year. This increase held for both…

Last week, I spent a day at the Colombian Embassy with 35 foundations from Colombia. The group was comprised of corporate and family foundations, members of the Association for Family and Corporate Foundation in Colombia (AFE), who co-hosted the event with the Council on Foundations. The goal of…

News from the Hill Senate Philanthropy Caucus Co-Chairs Encourage Colleagues to Join This week, the Senate Philanthropy Caucus Co-Chairs, Richard Burr (R-NC) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) sent a Dear Colleague Letter encouraging their fellow Senators to join the caucus. They called for colleagues to “…

This post originally appeared on the Alliance Magazine blog.  At the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS) in Istanbul, more than 6000 attendees discussed how the global community delivers aid for the world’s most vulnerable people, especially given commitments to leave no one behind within the…

The Council on Foundations wrote to the Department of Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)  to urge them to prioritize several regulations and guidance documents that impact our members. Each year, the Priority Guidance Plan identifies and prioritizes those tax issues that…

Since Congress is out of session this week, today’s edition of Washington Snapshot will be slightly abbreviated. Congress will return next week! News from the Hill Ways and Means Making Progress on Tax Reform Plan Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) recently indicated that a tax reform…

News from the Hill Chairman Hatch Continues Discussions on Corporate Integration As our readers know, Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Orrin Hatch (R-UT) has been talking for some time about releasing a proposal for corporate integration tax reform. Though the specifics of Hatch’s forthcoming…

Members, Access the Recording     Last year, the Council and ICNL convened foundations to discuss how a draft Foreign NGO law in China might impact their work. The Council also submitted formal comments about concerns with this law to the Chinese government. In mid-March 2016, China…