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Community Foundation Excellence (CFE) Fundamentals Course - Virtual - April 2024
The April/May course is SOLD OUT. You can register for the July 17-18 & 24-25 course instead.
A well-trained staff and an informed board are critical to the success of community foundations in our fast-changing world. This course helps community foundation staff that are new to the field…
Legal Matters for Community Foundations - March 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 community foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and…
Community Foundation Excellence (CFE) Fundamentals Course - Virtual - February 2024
A well-trained staff and an informed board are critical to the success of community foundations in our fast-changing world. This course helps community foundation staff that are new to the field build the essential skills they need to balance governance and management with the broader understanding…
Introducing the Council’s 2023 Member Survey
At the Council on Foundations, we pride ourselves on being a learning organization – one that continuously seeks to understand, reflect, and evolve. It’s in that spirit that we introduce our upcoming member survey. All of our members have received invitations to participate from our research…
Philanthropy Can Further Social Cohesion: One Way to Get Started
This blog is part of the Council's Dialogue Across Difference series. In this space, we will share your viewpoints: In a time of polarization and mistrust, how can philanthropy bridge across difference?
The Constitution empowers us to create “a more perfect union.” Today, toxic polarization and…
2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report
Publication, Research
The 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report is updated with the most recent sector data. Information is presented by grantmaker type, foundation type, asset size, and geographic location. Additionally, 2023 report contents include:
Salary data on 10,733 full-time staff from 957 grantmaking…
2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report Shows Pay and Benefits Up After Record Inflation, but More Turnover
WASHINGTON - The Council on Foundations today announced the release of the 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report (GSB), an annual analysis of key human resources trends that includes the most comprehensive data on the composition and compensation of U.S. foundations.
This year’s GSB Report…
2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report: Key Findings
Research
The 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Key Findings is an illustrated, three-page document highlighting important trends shaping the philanthropic sector. Also available as a free PDF, the 2023 GSB Key Findings is a small part of the full dataset available in the 2023 GSB Report, which is…
Add Your Voice: Philanthropy’s Role in Bridging Divides
In a staff training, the facilitators from Resetting the Table asked us to think of a time we would have liked a do-over. I thought back to a few moments – personal and professional – when I could have shown up more productively. With those examples in mind, we talked about why we get stuck in…
To Stand Against Hate, Get Your Board Involved
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.…
2023 Annual Member Meeting
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 Meeting,…
SDG Learning Circle for Foundations November 2023 Meeting
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…
SDG Learning Circle for Foundations October 2023 Meeting
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…
SDG Learning Circle for Foundations September 2023 Meeting
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…
SDG Learning Circle for Foundations August 2023 Meeting
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
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.