Council & Member News Feed
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.
Posted Date: Mon, 09/11/2017 - 09:00
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 Hurricane Harvey's impact and resources for foundations
Posted Date: Thu, 09/07/2017 - 16:03
Issues: Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, Independent Foundations, IRS, Treasury, Johnson Amendment, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations, Washington Snapshot
In This Week's Edition of Snapshot: Tax Reform Update - Tax reform faces competing legislative priorities; Move to weaken the Johnson Amendment advances in the House, NASCO speaks out; Kautter confirmed for key Treasury position; IRS takes steps to encourage charitable giving in the wake of...
Posted Date: Thu, 09/07/2017 - 13:37
Issues: Amplify, Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Disaster Grantmaking, Family Foundations, Independent Foundations, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations
Government, charities, and businesses are stepping up to respond to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Jose. In the last week, a flood of new or updated resources were released just in time for National Preparedness Month. Here are some that the Council on Foundations is using to work with our members.
Posted Date: Tue, 09/05/2017 - 15:45
Issues: Amplify, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
In 2016, women represented over three-quarters of foundation staff in the US but among the largest grantmakers,fewer than half of foundation CEOs were women. In the same year, racial and ethnic minorities made up only 10 per cent of foundation CEOs. Given these statistics alongside current...
Posted Date: Wed, 08/30/2017 - 09:50
Issues: Amplify, Community Foundations, Corporate Giving Programs and Foundations, Family Foundations, Independent Foundations, Partnerships and Collaborations, Private Foundations, Private Operating Foundations, Public Foundations
When people think of the myriad of partnerships in which the Council engages, the Legal Team may not come first to mind. But the fact of the matter is, the Legal Team regularly engages with other organizations, particularly our regional partners, on behalf of the sector.
Posted Date: Fri, 08/25/2017 - 17:00
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 August 2017.