Corporate Philanthropy
990 Filing for Corporate Grantmakers
Legal Compliance Guidance
Electronic Filing: While the requirements regarding electronic filing of Forms 990 and 990-PF have not changed, the electronic filing requirement for some organizations is still relatively new. For that reason, you may want to revisit the mandatory electronic filing rules to determine whether your…
Corporate Social Impact Staff Network - May Call
The Corporate Social Impact Staff Network is a member-only peer group for non–executive staff at corporate foundations and giving programs.
This peer space is designed to connect you with your peers across the country to build meaningful relationships and provide a consistent opportunity for you…
Navigating Disasters and Crises: A Practitioner Playbook for Corporate Responsibility and Philanthropy
Publication, Toolkit
Navigating Disasters and Crises: A Practitioner Playbook for Corporate Responsibility and Philanthropy is a free resource designed to guide corporate leaders through navigating disasters and crises at a time when disaster response has grown more comprehensive and complex. It provides a new…
Legal Matters for Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs - Virtual - June 2025
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…
Changing a System, Changing a Circumstance: The Spectrum of Philanthropy’s Impact
Throughout his life, Dr. Marvin Carr has seen challenges not obstacles, but as catalysts for change. Despite growing up in the projects of southwest Detroit, Carr was undeterred by the supposed limitations on opportunity, financial mobility, and success. Crucially, he also was not alone.
“I…
Webinar Recording: Self-Dealing Concerns for Corporate and Private Foundations
Legal Compliance Guidance, Recording
In this webinar, the Council’s Legal Resources team took an in-depth look at the self-dealing rules applicable to private foundations under section 4941 of the Internal Revenue Code. This webinar provided an analysis of the relevant rules and regulations governing transactions between private…
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…
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…
Outstanding Corporate Philanthropy Leadership Award Recipients
The Outstanding Corporate Philanthropy Leadership Award Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking was established in 2022 to recognize an individual at a corporate foundation or a corporate giving program that is advancing the greater good. This award celebrates those who embody the integrity,…
Navigating the Crosswinds of Corporate Purpose: Corporate Partner Call
Recent years - even recent months - have seen an increasingly pitched debate about the role of companies in society. According to the Edelman Trust Barometer, the public believes companies are not doing enough to address today’s challenges and are more likely to buy from, work at, and invest in…
Legal Matters for Corporate Foundations and Giving Programs - Virtual - April 2023
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…
Corporate Virtual Roundtable
In times of crisis, philanthropy and giving programs can often provide support to relieve some burdens for the communities they support. Corporate foundations and giving programs are invited to a peer-led discussion on the methods and processes of scorecards as a tool in responding to national or…
Self-Dealing Concerns for Corporate and Private Foundations
In this webinar, the Council’s Legal Resources team took an in-depth look at the self-dealing rules applicable to private foundations under section 4941 of the Internal Revenue Code. This webinar provided an analysis of the relevant rules and regulations governing transactions between private…
Values Aligned Philanthropy: Corporations Take a Stand
The Council on Foundations partnered with the Association of Corporate Citizenship Professionals (ACCP) to discuss why and how corporate philanthropy is acting to prevent the funding of hate and extremism. Watch the recording to learn more about this issue, why it is urgent, and hear…
Corporate Virtual Roundtable
Demonstrating corporate responsibility through effective and sustainable partnerships grounded in trust is an important aspect of a company’s social investments. But companies also face unique challenges in building relationships with nonprofits that may differ from how nonprofits typically work…
Legal Matters for Corporate Foundations & Giving Programs - Virtual - August 2022
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…