You will gain insight into the development, administration and marketing of CGA programs.

What's the right balance of proactive vs. responsive philanthropy for your community foundation? 

Learn how one foundation has seen tangible results from implementing a targeted communication plan, and the steps they took to achieve it.

Donors are giving more money online, engaging in collaborative giving and giving across generations. How can community foundations keep up and flourish amidst these changing dynamics?

Policy changes for DAFs could create challenges for a community foundation's operations and community foundation leadership needs be conversant on this topic. This webinar is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the key issues, proposals and players.

This report examines how households make charitable decisions. The report analyzes the first new data on this topic in 15 years, and finds that household giving dynamics are changing, with fewer couples making decisions jointly.

Report about the statistics of upcoming next-gen donors and how important their impact will be.

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?

UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising reveals that many nonprofits are stuck in a vicious cycle that threatens their ability to raise the resources they need to succeed.

Individuals, families and companies regularly reach out to CMF to learn how they can give back to their community through philanthropy. This typically takes one of five forms, known as the “Five Ts” of philanthropy: giving back with time (volunteering, active engagement), talent (expertise), ties (connection making), testimony (advocacy) and treasure (making a financial contribution).

This resource focuses on four financial contribution pathways available to individuals and families, each with important distinctions:

• Making a direct contribution.
• Establishing a community foundation-based fund.
• Creating a Donor Advised Fund (DAF).
• Starting a foundation.