This report examines 2015 through 2019 fiscal year data from 989 charities. For the tenth consecutive year, there was growth in donor-advised funds (DAFs) in every key metric.

This report overview eleven key trends in philanthropy:

This resource explores these questions and presents a snapshot of a sector that appears receptive to new ways of working, has access to approaches that suggest promise for making transformational change, but is moving cautiously and at times hesitantly toward undertaking the types of fundamental

This report provides an overview of eleven key trends in philanthropy.

This report covers how foundations pivoted during a crisis to survive. 

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Project is a resource to help the foundation and nonprofit communicators identify opportunities to improve racial equity through their work. 

The purpose of the Government Relations Public Policy Committee of the Council of Michigan Foundations is to seek support for legislative and regulatory changes at both the state and national levels that will help to strengthen, promote and increase foundation and corporate philanthropy.  This do

Philanthropy and Digital Civil Society: Blueprint is an annual industry forecast about the ways we use private resources for public benefit in the digital age.

Learn tactics for sorting through the technology options and learn strategies to identify a platform that best aligns with your corporate programs.

As longtime advocates for promoting equity and engaging community in philanthropy, Marcus Walton, president and CEO of Grantmakers for Effective Organizations (GEO), and Kyle Caldwell, president and CEO of CMF, will come together to share their reflections and their vision for the future of phila

Leadership succession remains a top concern for foundations, regardless of size or type of organization. The dynamic of family foundations can make the process even more of a unique challenge. 

Equity should be embedded in every aspect of our work. As communicators how can we ensure our internal and external messaging supports our organization's equity value?

LearnPhilanthropy is the field-wide hub for grantmaker learning, built by professionals working in the field. They believe that by strengthening grantmaker learning, it can help to increase the effectiveness and impact of philanthropy.

This is a collection of resources developed to support a complete and accurate count in Census 2020.

This databook examines the important role of youth advisory committees in community foundations across the state.

A collection of sample fund agreements.

The 2021 edition of Giving in Numbers takes a closer look at the latest trends on employee engagement, community investment, and social efforts made by large corporations in 2020, the same year the world was confronted by a global pandemic derived from a new infectious illness, Coronavirus diseas

Disasters and humanitarian crises affected millions of people globally in 2018. Donors responded generously to these disasters: How were their dollars allocated?

The sector has evolved in the wake of COVID-19, racial injustice, partisan tension, and economic challenges. How have the events of 2020 altered the pace, method, and effectiveness of donor response?

As grantmaking organizations plan their operational strategy for 2021, staff and trustees face many of the same questions and decisions from previous years but are discovering that the answers have changed amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.