Partnerships and Collaborations

The Council is hosting a series of monthly briefings for communications staff to stay informed about how to navigate policy developments. This space also provides communications staff an opportunity to connect and share tips on current challenges across their regular portfolios of work.  To…

The Council is hosting a series of monthly briefings for communications staff to stay informed about how to navigate policy developments. This space also provides communications staff an opportunity to connect and share tips on current challenges across their regular portfolios of work.  To…

The Council is hosting a series of monthly briefings for communications staff to stay informed about how to navigate policy developments. This space also provides communications staff an opportunity to connect and share tips on current challenges across their regular portfolios of work.  To…

The Council is hosting a series of monthly briefings for communications staff to stay informed about how to navigate policy developments. This space also provides communications staff an opportunity to connect and share tips on current challenges across their regular portfolios of work.  To…

The Council is hosting a series of monthly briefings for communications staff to stay informed about how to navigate policy developments. This space also provides communications staff an opportunity to connect and share tips on current challenges across their regular portfolios of work.  To…

The Council is hosting a series of monthly briefings for communications staff to stay informed about how to navigate policy developments. This space also provides communications staff an opportunity to connect and share tips on current challenges across their regular portfolios of work.  To…

WASHINGTON -  Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Council on Foundations announced the winners of the 2024 Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships. The Secretary’s Award for Public-Philanthropic Partnerships recognizes excellence in…

Congress is back in session this month and facing several decisions and deadlines that could impact your work—and bring the government to a standstill. With federal funding set to expire at the end of September, plus must-pass defense and agriculture legislation that’s causing fights across the…

View the recording of this thought-provoking webinar on the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) and its significance in shaping digital infrastructure and enhancing equitable outcomes for the social sector. In this session, speakers from the philanthropic sector discussed how the power of…

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.

On June 29, 2023, the Supreme Court of the United States announced their opinion in a pair of cases — Students for Fair Admissions Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina. The Court held that "Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions…

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…

Learn how your foundation can help be a part of the solution by developing a housing trust fund! Like many places across the country, the Black Hills in South Dakota are seeing a massive lack of affordable housing. After convening a Housing Summit in 2018, the leaders at the Black Hills Area…

Meet the Current Advisory Group Members Established in 2022, the Council on Foundations' Advisory Group for the Center for Community Foundations provides an opportunity for community foundation leaders to influence and advise the programs, resources, and services the Council provides for this key…