FIve community foundations were honored by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Council on Foundations for their work bringing together the public and philanthropic sectors to improve life in their communities.
Read MoreIn Central Indiana, a community foundation puts racial inequality at the center of its work.
Read MoreCommunity Foundations are leading locally-based climate change and environmental efforts.
Read MoreThe Foundation for the Carolinas is taking the lead in addressing Charlotte’s shortage of affordable housing.
The foundation recently announced it has secured more than $30 million in matching funds for the Charlotte Housing Opportunity Investment Fund it started to help support a government-led effort to address the region’s housing shortage.
The funds support a combination of new affordable housing construction, support for existing affordable housing infrastructure, and lowered interest rates, according to the foundation.
Read MoreThe New Hampshire Charitable Foundation’s Neil and Louise Tillotson Fund has long supported efforts to improve coordination for early childhood development in the state’s rural areas. Now, their work is receiving national recognition.
Read MoreAs the 2020 U.S. Census approaches, community foundations across the country are stepping forward to make sure everyone gets counted.
Read MoreWhen the next recession hits, donor-advised funds are expected to help cushion the blow for nonprofits, even as other revenue sources decline, a new study finds.
The study — conducted by Dan Heist, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, and Danielle Vance-McMullen, an assistant professor at the University of Memphis — used Internal Revenue Service data from 2007 to 2016 to analyze the grant making activity of donors who have funds at 996 donor-advised-fund sponsors.
Read MoreThe Wichita Foundation’s Talent Ecosystem Fund, has already helped draw 49 people to relocate to Wichita to get trained for high-skilled careers.
Rather than simply paying for tuition, the fund is investing in helping students with relocation and living costs while they go back to school.
The Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundations were founded in 1940 with a modest, $5,000 gift from a Jewish immigrant named Annie Paper.
This week, the Foundations reached a milestone that likely seemed impossible at the time — more than $1 billion in giving to communities across Minnesota.
Read MoreNew Yorkers have a lot to lose if its population is undercounted in the 2020 Census.
But a group of foundations led by the New York Community Trust is calling on the state to join them in funding an outreach effort targeted at helping ensure traditionally undercounted communities are fully counted.
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