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Legal Basics: What Every Foundation Leader Should Know
Legal Basics: What Every Foundation Leader Should Know
View ArticleNetworking for Success: Building Networks Is Essential to Investment in...
Working in collaboration with the Center for American Progress, the Council co-hosted conversations among foundations, community development financial institutions, and investment firms about social...
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Recommended Best Practices in Managing Foundation Investments
The Council's Board of Directors released this guidance memorandum in March 2010 and strongly recommends that when reviewing and approving foundation investment policies and procedures practices, all...
View ArticleConflicts of Interest - Key Issues for Foundations
With Congress and the media focusing on corporate governance and foundation administration, it is a good time to make sure that all grantmakers have a strong conflict of interest policy in place. Both...
View ArticleScholarships FAQs
What are the advantages, disadvantages and likely costs of scholarship programs?What do the private foundation rules require, and how should community foundations apply the rules?What rules or...
View ArticleFrequently Asked Legal Questions about Global Grantmaking
What are the legal requirements for private foundations wishing to make cross-border grants? What is equivalency determination?What is expenditure responsibility?How do I decide whether to use...
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Disaster Relief: A Practical Guide for Foundations and Corporations
Moved by widely publicized human suffering and increased disaster aid requests, foundations and corporations are becoming more active in the disaster relief field. Grantmakers have a distinct role to...
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Values-Aligned Philanthropy: Foundations Resisting Hate and Extremism
In late 2020, the Council on Foundations (the Council) launched the Values-Aligned Philanthropy project to continue to build on their previous efforts within the philanthropic sector to respond to...
View ArticlePlanning for CEO Succession
Many foundations may be uncertain about what’s involved when it comes to succession planning. Some wonder why they should worry about the future at all when they have so much work to do in managing...
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Board Compensation
Introduction Should your foundation board members be compensated for service, or should they serve in a voluntary capacity? Whether you are considering this issue for the first time, or whether it’s a...
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