Public Foundations
Public foundations are grantmaking public charities that gain their funds from a variety of sources, which may include foundations, individuals, corporations, or public entities. Public foundations may engage in fundraising, and may seek broad public financial support. They may or may not have endowments. There is no legal definition of a public foundation, but most dedicate a significant portion of their annual budgets to grantmaking. Most community foundations are also grantmaking public charities.
Since public foundations may be defined in different ways, and there is no official IRS or legal definition of public foundations, it is difficult to arrive at statistics that are fully representative of the field.
Below is everything on our site for public foundations. We strongly recommend that you use the navigation or our search feature to find what you're looking for on our site. Please also visit cof.org/programs-services/public-grantmaking-charities for curated public foundation content.
Washington Snapshot: Senator John McCain Leaves Behind a Legacy, Treasury Proposes Rules on SALT Workarounds
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot…
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Facebook Live: Serving the Public Good: Exploring Relationships between Public Policy and the Charitable Sector
Join us on Facebook for the closing plenary session at the 2018 Endownments & Finance Summit.
Experts from top economic thinktanks and foundation leaders will discuss the future of philanthropy, highlighting key policy implications and anticipated outcomes of changes in charitable giving. …
Facebook Live: Harnessing the Momentum, Finding Opportunities, Building Stronger Futures
Join us on Facebook for the opening plenary session at the 2018 Endownments & Finance Summit.
Hear from top foundation leaders how they navigated the financial unknowns of the past year and what moves they plan to make in the year ahead to set their organizations up for success.Speakers: …
Putting Down Roots
Editor's Note: As a part of our Inclusive Economic Prosperity in the Midwest convening, we're highlighting stories from the region. This article was originally published in bMag, a publication by the Bush Foundation.
Pakou Hang (BF’11) and her six siblings spent much of their childhood rising…
Council on Foundations Statement On Donor Advised Funds
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Editor's note: This post is one in a series highlighting sessions for the upcoming Endowments and Finance Summit, held in Washington, DC, on September 6-7. The Summit is where foundation leaders – such as CEOs, CIOs, CFOs, Senior Investment Officers and board and investment committee members –…
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In This Week's Edition of Snapshot…
Senate Finance Committee Considers Treasury Nominee
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Building a Cultural Epicenter
Editor's Note: In advance of our Inclusive Economic Prosperity in the Midwest convening, we're highlighting stories from the region. This article was originally published in bMag, a publication by the Bush Foundation. Photography is by David Ellis.
On an autumn afternoon in 2017, Abdirizak “Zack”…
ER Causing You Trauma? Diagnosing the Rules and Regulations for Expenditure Responsibility
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The steps of expenditure responsibility are the federally-mandated procedures a private foundation (and DAFs) must follow for any grant made to a non-charity. While the rules for exercising expenditure responsibility are relatively straightforward, many issues and…
Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race Equity Culture
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Are you a foundation or nonprofit leader interested in learning more about specific tactics, strategies, and best practices around race equity? If so, you’ll want to join us in an Equity in the Center webinar built on research in our “Awake to Woke to Work: Building a Race…
Career Pathways: Leadership Lessons on Achieving Equity
Editor's note: This is part of our blog series featuring current participants in the Career Pathways program. Applications for the 2019 cohort open in September.
I believe that it is pretty well understood in the sector that we have an imperative in foundation offices and board rooms to ensure our…
2018 Interns: Wrapping Up the Summer
Editor's Note: The Council thanks our 2018 summer interns for their hard work over the past few months. The summer interns were: Ashul Agrawal, Michael Kelly, Reilly Tifft, Caroline Healey, Chris Tian, Ashley Morrison, and Randall Williams.
As the summer is coming to a close, so is our time with…
Global Philanthropy Update - August 2018
Earlier this week, the Council and Foundation Center released a new flagship global philanthropy report: The State of Global Giving by US Foundations: 2011-2015.
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This report is the latest in our partnership to track trends in how US foundations support international programs. In 1997, our…
Impact Investing - Beyond Program Related Investments
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The State of Global Giving by U.S. Foundations: 2011-2015
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The Council on Foundations and Candid (formerly Foundation Center) analyzed how U.S. foundations supported international communities, nonprofits, and programs between 2011 and 2015 for our report, The State of Global Giving by U.S. Foundations: 2011-2015.
In addition to a detailed analysis of…
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