Nearly 150 community foundation leaders are asking Congress to exempt scholarships and grant aid used by students to pay for non-tuition expenses from being taxed.

As Hurricane Ida continues to batter the Gulf Coast, community foundations in the region are setting up relief funds to collect and distribute money to support those who have been impacted by the ongoing storm.

Organized by The Pittsburgh Foundation, the #ONEDAY Critical Needs Alert, an online giving event raised $1.23 million in 16 hours.

The Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative has now tracked more than $1.4 billion in grants from community foundations in response to the pandemic. And many groups are continuing to collect and distribute critical funding.

The Oregon Community Foundation distributed $41.2 million to 36 Oregon counties for summer education and early-childhood learning programs to meet the needs of children and families in BIPOC and under-resourced communities.

The Wichita Community Foundation takes a big step towards advancing civic engagement in its community by announcing a $1.1 million investment in a nonprofit news organization, The Wichita Beacon.

Recently the Community Foundation Public Awareness Initiative hosted a media roundtable with community foundations from around the country and journalists from national publications like the Chronicle of Philanthropy and the Associated Press.

The Community Foundation of Greater Atlanta has announced a new partnership with the National Black Bank Foundation to support wealth-building for Black families and businesses.

Recent proposals to place restrictions on donor-advised funds – including the latest legislation proposed by Sen. Angus King and Sen. Charles Grassley -- are solutions in search of problems. If approved, these measures would reduce charitable giving – and ultimately hurt community nonprofits.

The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and other community foundations nationwide are condemning recent acts of violence against the Asian-American community.