Recordings

Webinar Archives

Browse the Council's webinar archive and play back presentations to help you and your colleagues in your foundation work.

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Research

2012 Salary Data – Available to Members

Members can now access 2012 compensation data. The following compensation summaries provide data on 34 positions across multiple foundation types and sizes. Each table provides the mean, median, range, 25th, and 75th percentiles. These documents also contain information on salary increases and regional compensation tables for all grantmaker types.

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Publication

Family Foundations and the Law, Fourth Edition

This cornerstone resource provides user-friendly legal guidance to directors, trustees, and essential staff. Price for non-members: $59.00. Price for members: $39.00. Visit our store for your copy.

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Resources

Family Philanthropy Basics

Learn family philanthropy basics and key facts on family foundations. Use our guide to philanthropic resources and the glossary of philanthropic terms.


Next Generation Philanthropy

Are you under 40 and in philanthropy? Learn more about how the Council is supporting the future leaders of philanthropy!



Services for Family Philanthropy

The Council enriches your family philanthropy with individualized assistance, stewardship principles, professional development, critical resources from the field, and peer and leadership opportunities.

What is a Family Foundation?

"Family foundation" is not a legal term. Therefore, it has no precise definition. The Council on Foundations defines a family foundation as one whose funds are derived from members of a single family. At least one family member must continue to serve as an officer or board member of the foundation and, as the donor, that individual (or a relative) must play a significant role in governing and/or managing the foundation.


Contacts

Elizabeth Sullivan

Managing Director, Corporate, Independent, and Family Philanthropy
elizabeth.sullivan@cof.org
703-879-0737

Suzanne Stringfield

Coordinator, Family Philanthropy Services
suzanne.stringfield@cof.org
703-879-0757