Council & Member News Feed
Posted Date: Thu, 10/05/2017 - 14:30
Issues: Bills, Legislation, Budget, Appropriations, Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, Independent Foundations, IRS, Treasury, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations, Public Policy, Tax Reform, Washington Snapshot, White House, Administration, POTUS
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot: Tax Reform Update: Budget Consideration Maintains Tax Reform Momentum; HHS Secretary Price Resigns; IRS Changes 1023-EZ Form; and In the States: Oregon Supreme Court Upholds Portland Arts Tax.
Posted Date: Wed, 10/04/2017 - 13:55
Issues: Amplify, Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Emerging Leaders, Family Foundations, Independent Foundations, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations
I work in a small three-person office/private foundation in Queens, New York City. When my boss forwarded me the Career Pathways application last fall, my intent behind my application was to expand my network, reflect on my skills and experience in the sector over the past decade, and connect with...
Posted Date: Tue, 10/03/2017 - 09:00
Issues: Amplify, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
As the nation observes National Hispanic Heritage Month now through October 15, we recognize the histories, cultures, and accomplishments of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, the Caribbean, and the Americas.
Posted Date: Mon, 10/02/2017 - 09:00
Issues: Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, Global Program Updates, Independent Foundations, Newsletters, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations
Updates from Natalie Ross, Senior Director of Global Philanthropy, for September 2017.
Posted Date: Fri, 09/29/2017 - 13:24
Issues: Amplify, Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, Independent Foundations, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations, Trending in Legal Affairs
Tax practitioners love “safe harbors” or specific guidelines that can be followed to ensure a taxpayer or exempt organization is in compliance with applicable tax law. For charitable organizations making grants internationally, September 14, 2017 was a good day because the IRS issued Revenue...
Posted Date: Thu, 09/28/2017 - 10:35
Issues: Charitable Deduction, Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, House Ways & Means Committee, Independent Foundations, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations, Senate Finance Committee, Tax Reform, Washington Snapshot, White House, Administration, POTUS
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot: Tax Reform Update: Republican leaders unveil tax reform framework; Obamacare repeal bill pulled once again; HUD releases new strategic plan; In the States: State budgets remain in gridlock, Nonprofit responses differ on city demands for payments in lieu of...
Posted Date: Thu, 09/28/2017 - 08:55
Issues: Foundations On The Hill, Press Release
Statement from the President and CEO, Vikki Spruill, on Tax Reform.
Posted Date: Wed, 09/27/2017 - 11:00
Issues: Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Disaster Grantmaking, Disaster Grantmaking, Family Foundations, Independent Foundations, News, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations
Updated information about impact and resources for foundations responding to Hurricanes Irma and Maria.
Posted Date: Tue, 09/26/2017 - 15:30
Issues: Amplify, Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, Global Philanthropy, Independent Foundations, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations
Zero, in the context of a healthy world, is the most ambitious number of all. If the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were about making progress to achieve a healthy planet and people, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are about getting to zero, or as close to it as possible. The Global...
Posted Date: Fri, 09/22/2017 - 09:30
Issues: Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Disaster Grantmaking, Family Foundations, Global Philanthropy, Health, Hunger, Independent Foundations, Mexico Resources & Reports, News, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations, Strengthening Communities
Mexico experienced two major earthquakes in the September 2017. The first, hitting the southern coast of Mexico on September 8th, was one of the biggest recorded in the area at a magnitude of 8.1. Only eleven days after this first major disastor, on September 19th, Mexico was hit with another...
Posted Date: Thu, 09/21/2017 - 17:00
Issues: Budget, Appropriations, Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, House Ways & Means Committee, Independent Foundations, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations, Tax Reform, Washington Snapshot, White House, Administration, POTUS
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot: Tax Reform Update - Budget agreement is first concrete step toward achieving tax reform; In the States - Financial shortfalls hamper states' budget negotiations.
Posted Date: Wed, 09/20/2017 - 09:45
Issues: Press Release
The Council on Foundations announced today that Noah Atencio, Vice President of Community Impact for the Community First Foundation in Arvada, Colorado, will receive the 2017 Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking.
Posted Date: Tue, 09/19/2017 - 15:00
It has been an eventful month with back to back hurricanes causing extensive damage in Florida,Texas, and the Caribbean. The Council has been in contact with community foundations in the affected areas to offer our thoughts and has set up some valuable resources which I am sharing in this issue....
Posted Date: Tue, 09/19/2017 - 09:00
Issues: Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, Global Philanthropy, Independent Foundations, Press Release, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations
In collaborative partnership, Global Impact, Blackbaud, Council on Foundations and Foundation Center developed a new resource to support organizations in aligning and tracking charitable giving to the United Nations (U.N.) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More specifically, the creation of “...
Posted Date: Thu, 09/14/2017 - 17:00
Issues: Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, Independent Foundations, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations, Washington Snapshot
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot: Tax Reform Update - Congress Ramps Up Tax Reform Efforts; Treasury Names New Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Tax Affairs; In the States - Nonprofits Balk at Making "Voluntary" PILOT Payments to Boston.