How Business Can Add Value to Society
By: Kathleen McLaughlinEnvironmentPartnerships and CollaborationsLast week, Walmart was proud to join 12 other major U.S. corporations to officially pledge support for the American Business Act on...
View ArticleNonprofit Funding and Community Foundations
By: Kevin MurphyIn Pennsylvania, we’ve recently seen the failure of our state’s political leadership become a threat to many local nonprofits that provide much-needed assistance to our friends and...
View ArticleSeeing Philanthropy in Action in Grand Rapids
By: Vikki SpruillLeadershipPartnerships and CollaborationsLast week, I got to see philanthropy in action on a great trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan. After just a few days of meeting with philanthropic...
View ArticleMemories of a thirsty childhood
By: Judy BelkThis piece was originally published in the Los Angeles Times on August 16, 2015.Drought-shaming could become a popular pastime in California's driest summer. Egregious water wasters,...
View ArticleThe Beloved Community: Hurricane Katrina's Lessons
By: Sherry P. MagillDisaster GrantmakingEnvironmentAs I've read and watched others' reflections on the tenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's destruction of a great American city, I'm compelled to...
View ArticleThree Stories Hurricane Katrina Told Me
By: Vikki SpruillDisaster GrantmakingEnvironment
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Storytelling for Engagement that Counts!
By: Orton Family FoundationPart of the Orton Family Foundation’s Heart & Soul Talks series, Storytelling for Engagement that Counts!, is a 60-minute conversation about how story sharing is an...
View ArticleThree Stories Hurricane Katrina Told Me
By: Vikki SpruillDisaster GrantmakingSome people are drawn to snow-covered mountain peaks, others to the lush canopies of forests a meandering river, a shimmering plain. For me it is the call of the...
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Storytelling for Engagement that Counts!
Part of the Orton Family Foundation’s Heart & Soul Talks series, Storytelling for Engagement that Counts!, is a 60-minute conversation about how story sharing is an effective way to bridge...
View ArticleOne Nation: Rediscovering American Compassion
By: John BridgelandDiversity and InclusionLeadershipMilitary and VeteransStrengthening CommunitiesNOTE: This post originally appeared in the Huffington Post.As a boy, I remember reciting the Pledge of...
View ArticleMemorializing When We Mourn
By: Siobhan O'RiordanDiversity and InclusionLeadershipMilitary and VeteransStrengthening CommunitiesIt’s an ever-clear sky today. Just as it was in 2001. And yet ever-clear and jet trails slicing...
View ArticleThe MRI Guidance is a Really Big Deal
By: John CochraneImpact InvestingA Note for Community FoundationsThe IRS guidance in question refers to section 4944 of the Internal Revenue Code, which regulates jeopardizing investments made by...
View ArticleA 21st Century Call for Philanthropy: Tackle the Talent Gap
By: Jamie MerisotisEducationEmerging LeadersLeadershipProfessional DevelopmentWorkforce DevelopmentIn philanthropy we’ve long known that we play a unique role by addressing society’s most pressing...
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Celebrating with Our Community: 90 Years Together for Good
By: Nancy BenbenCommunity foundations are, by title and definition, about community. So when the time came for us to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, we...
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2015 Salary Tables Now Available
By: Brandolon BarnettLeadershipProfessional DevelopmentAs autumn begins, the research team at the Council inevitably sees an increase in the number of foundations seeking data on the salaries,...
View ArticleBeyond the Dollar Sign: Redefining Community Philanthropy
By: Antonia HernándezStrengthening CommunitiesBuilding a culture of local involvementWe could all name an instance where an act of goodwill impacted our lives or even changed it. Often these...
View ArticleHow Would Your Foundation Face Its End?
By: Dean Zatkowsky As the number of foundations choosing to sunset increases, the learnings from which all foundations can benefit are increasing as well. Even foundations choosing to fund in...
View ArticleRecent Terror Attacks – November 2015
By: Natalie RossGlobal PhilanthropyLast Friday, a string of terror attacks took place across Paris, killing more than 130 people on a warm, lively Friday evening. The day before, a double suicide bomb...
View ArticleReflections from the Council on Foundations About the Passing of Rick Cohen
By: Sherry P. MagillSherry Magill PhD, Chair of the Board of DirectorsI am deeply saddened to learn of the death of Rick Cohen. He and I first met in the mid 1990s when he served at national LISC and...
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Integrating Science and Policy: Exploring The Rita Allen Foundation
By: Stephanie McGencey EducationNonprofit MediaTechnologyAccording to The Chronicle of Philanthropy, the nation’s top 50 donors committed $1.6 billion to support a wide range of scientific research...
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