January 28, 2015

Posts Categorized: Council on Foundations

From the Washington Post: Washington-area philanthropy is becoming unabashedly business-minded. Practices such as impact investing and public-private partnerships that were experiments after the recession are nowRead more »

December 02, 2014

Posts Categorized: Council on Foundations

President Obama celebrated the 100th anniversary of the community foundation movement with a convening at the White House on December 2, which was also Giving Tuesday.Read more »

Collaborations Require Ensembles, Not Soloists
October 02, 2014

Posts Categorized: Council on Foundations

From Jeffrey Walker, Vice Chairman, United Nation’s Secretary General’s Envoy for Health Finance and Malaria (via LinkedIn): When I started playing in a jazz band back in theRead more »

Philanthropy Week 2014
March 06, 2014

Posts Categorized: Council on Foundations

Right now, over 200 leaders from across the philanthropic sector are uniting in Washington, D.C. to tell their lawmakers that thriving philanthropy builds thriving communities. AsRead more »