Inclusive Economic Prosperity
Collaboration, Communication, Commitment: The Essentials of Community Development
The once-closed public library in Chicago's Marshall Square, silent for a decade, now thrives as a dynamic community center, pulsating with youth activities and powered by clean, renewable energy.
Luis Gutierrez, founder and CEO of Latinos Progresando, which runs the center, hails it as an “…
Council & CEONet | Community Foundation CEO Roundtable - March 2024
Cultivating Sustainable Communities: Strategies for Successful Housing Programs
Community foundation executives joined this peer conversation on the ways community foundations can shape the future of housing to build vibrant and inclusive communities. During the conversation, participants…
Scholarships
Legal Compliance Guidance, Publication
Part of Mastering Foundation Law
Providing scholarships to individuals is a popular method of charitable giving in the U.S. But following the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard and the ongoing Alliance for Equal Rights v. Fearless Fund case, charitable…
Council & CEONet | Community Foundation CEO Roundtable - November 2023
Students for Fair Admissions Inc. Court Decision:
Potential Impact on Community Foundations
The U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling on two cases: Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) v. Harvard and SFFA v. University of North Carolina (UNC), which has impending impacts on philanthropic…
Council & CEONet | Community Foundation CEO Roundtable - September 2023
Innovative Donor and Community Engagement Strategies
Community foundations are positioned to offer a variety of engagement strategies to effectively educate, connect, cultivate, and deepen relationships among the community and its donors. Listen to this roundtable discussion on creative and…
Council & CEONet | Community Foundation CEO Roundtable - June 2023
Forward-thinking Strategies to Retain Local Community Wealth
Community foundations play a unique role in cultivating and retaining local community wealth, all while navigating the challenges of the transfer of wealth and an evolving philanthropic environment. This conversation, in partnership…
Closing the Wealth Gap to Strengthen American Communities
Every day, more than 50 million Americans live in or near financial crisis, threatening to undercut a future of shared prosperity, greater opportunity, and increased equity. How can funders effectively address this pervasive issue?
In this webinar, we partner with Arabella Advisors to surface…
Legal Matters for Community Foundations - Virtual - August 2022
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 - October 2022
A well-trained staff and an informed board are critical to the success of community foundations in our fast-changing world. This traditionally in-person, two-day course adapted to virtual in four, half day sessions helps new and growing community foundation staff build the essential skills they…
Legal Matters for Corporate Foundations & Giving Programs - Virtual - August 2022
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 corporate foundation activities are addressed. The legal team will provide technical and practical understanding of complex rules and…
Post-Graduation Scholarships: What Are They and How Can You Use Them?
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Interested in alleviating the student loan debt crisis and attracting needed talent to your community? Then this webinar is for you! Last year, the Workforce Development Through Post-Graduation Scholarships Act was introduced in Congress. This bill would allow charitable…
Preventing and Ending Homelessness by Removing Legal Barriers: A Partnership Taking Best Practice to Scale
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While housing, employment and other supportive services are critical to prevent and end homelessness, the reality is legal barriers such as bad credit, unpaid child support, unpaid fines and tickets, outstanding warrants and criminal records present a hard stop that…
A Primer for Funders on CDFI’s: Co-Investing in Opportunity Zones and Inclusive Community Development
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With the passage of last year’s tax code overhaul, Congress created Opportunity Zones—areas in low-income census tracks designated by governors, where private equity investors can invest capital gains in new development ventures in exchange for tax forgiveness after 10…
Community Foundations Can Help Make the Most of Opportunity Zones
Interest is growing in a new tax incentive meant to spur growth and economic opportunity in the nation’s most distressed communities. “Opportunity Zones” were included in the 2017 tax bill after a bipartisan push to spur private capital into places that continue to fall further and further behind…
Spurring Opportunity: Entrepreneurship and Community Foundations
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Community Foundations are part of the fabric for creating vibrant communities across the United States. They cultivate relationships by connecting people to what matters locally. Given that past work, never has there been a better time for community foundations to play a…
Creating Inclusive Economic Prosperity Starts with Each of Us
Earlier this week, there was a beautiful bouquet of flowers delivered to my desk.
It was from the Community Foundation team to mark a milestone in my life—and my family’s life. We moved to the Quad Cities four years ago and I began working with an incredible group of people—board members and staff…