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Council on Foundations Inc

The Council on Foundations fosters an environment where philanthropy can thrive and cultivates a community of diverse and skilled philanthropic professionals and organizations who lead with integrity, serve as ethical stewards and advocate for progress.

$45k
Granted FY2024still arriving
2
Grants FY2024still arriving
2
States reached
$15k
Largest
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What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.

Philanthropy$279kCommunity Improvement$50kFood & Nutrition$50kSocial Science$50kPublic Benefit$30kCrime & Legal$20k
02FY2024 · 2 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

How this is measured
The 2 grants below total $20,805, the rows itemized in this filing. The $44,575 headline is the total grant expense on the return; the other $23,770 is giving the schedule does not break out (grants under the $5,000 itemization floor, grants to individuals, grants on other schedules). Every figure below describes the itemized rows only.

By grant size · FY2024

  • Under $10k1 grant · $6k
  • $10k–50k1 grant · $15k
$15,000
Median grant
2
States reached
$38M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
Kansas Association of Community Foundation$15,000
CFLeads$5,805
02The need
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Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

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Dollar for dollar, its grants (FY17–24) land where the poverty rate runs at 13%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 91% of its dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%COMMUNITYGIVING: $16k → 11%THE ARRAY ALLIANCE: $20k → 8%ASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES: $50k → 17%BREAD FOR THE WORLD INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS: $25k → 10%PHILANTHROPY COLORADO: $22k → 7%BREAD FOR THE WORLD INSTITUTE: $25k → 14%KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS: $30k → 10%GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES: $30k → 14%KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS: $25k → 10%THE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE INC: $50k → 14%KANSAS ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS: $20k → 10%INDEPENDENT SECTOR INC: $50k → 14%Kansas Association of Community Foundation: $15k → 10%BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $30k → 14%GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $20k → 14%BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $20k → 14%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
03Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

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Institute for State Effectiveness

The institute for state effectiveness seeks to close the governance gap and advance inclusive growth so that states and markets deliver to citizens. ise advances practical approaches to strengthen capacity for transformation, through…

International
2
Institute of International Finance

To support financial industry in prudently managing risks and to foster global financial stability.

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3
Partnership for Public Service Inc

Making our government work better is a daunting task, and we are a small organization seeking to transform a government that employs millions of civilians and manages trillions of dollars in taxpayer revenue needed to protect public…

Employment
4
American Farm Bureau Federation

The american farm bureau federation is the voice of agriculture (r). we are farm and ranch families working together to build a sustainable future of safe and abundant food, fiber and renewable fuel for our nation and the world.

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5
Washington Monthly Institute

Dedicated to increasing public knowledge through washington monthly magazine and website www.washingtonmonthly.com published since 1969, the print magazine is the country's most important watchdog of american government, focusing on what's…

Social Science
6
Open Markets Institute

The open markets institute works to help people relearn how to use competition policy to build stronger democracies, more just and equitable societies, more innovative and sustainable economies, and a more secure and peaceful world.

Education
7
Council On Foreign Relations Inc

The council on foreign relations (cfr) is an independent, nonpartisan membership organization, think tank, and publisher dedicated to being a resource for its members, government officials, business executives, journalists, educators and…

International
8
Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

The peterson institute for international economics (piie) is an independent nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to strengthening prosperity and human welfare in the global economy through expert analysis and practical…

Social Science
9
Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy

Iatp works locally and globally at the intersection of policy and practice to ensure fair and sustainable food, farm and trade systems.

Food & Nutrition
10
Pew Research Center

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan "fact tank" that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. Pew Research Center generates a foundation of facts that enriches the public dialogue and…

Social Science
11
Institute of Food Technologists

As an organization, the institute of food technologists is focusing its work in four main areas, or "roles and goals." each is wide-reaching and helps to advance our mission.steward for the profession and its community - provide learning,…

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12
Business Executives for National Security

Bens applies industry experience and best business practices to help address our nation's pressing national security challenges.

International
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is Cfleads; the most unlike its peers is The Brookings Institution. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
04the grantee network

13 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2025.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2025, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

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Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
13/13
Grantees still filing
10/13
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

Kansas Association of Community Foundations: $115,000 · PhilanthropyKansas Association of Community FoundationsINDEPENDENT SECTOR: $50,000 · PhilanthropyINDEPENDENT SECTORTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $50,000 · PhilanthropyTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLEPHILANTHROPY COLORADO: $22,250 · PhilanthropyPHILANTHROPY COLORADOSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $20,000 · PhilanthropySilicon Valley Community FoundationCOMMUNITYGIVING: $15,913 · PhilanthropyCOMMUNITYGIVING+1 more: $5,805 · PhilanthropyASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC: $50,000 · OtherASSOCIATION OF BL…Bread For The World Inc: $25,000 · OtherBread For The Wor…THE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES: $30,000 · InternationalTHE GERMAN MA…Bread for the World Institute: $25,000 · InternationalBread for the…THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $50,000 · Social ScienceTHE BROOKIN…GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 · Education
Philanthropy$278,968Other$75,000International$55,000Social Science$50,000Education$20,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetKansas Association of Community Foundations: $115,000 over 5y, 3.3% of budgetINDEPENDENT SECTOR: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetASSOCIATION OF BLACK FOUNDATION EXECUTIVES INC: $50,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetTHE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION: $50,000 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetTHE PHILANTHROPY ROUNDTABLE: $50,000 over 1y, 0.6% of budgetTHE GERMAN MARSHALL FUND OF THE UNITED STATES: $30,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetBread For The World Inc: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetBread for the World Institute: $25,000 over 1y, 0.4% of budgetPHILANTHROPY COLORADO: $22,250 over 1y, 2.4% of budgetGEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSilicon Valley Community Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetCOMMUNITYGIVING: $15,913 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetCFLEADS: $5,805 over 1y, 0.3% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Council on Foundations Inc funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Council on Foundations Inc. Bigger dots raise more.

2024
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 00%0%1%3%5%funder's share of their income ↑0%4%8%11%15%share of the org’s income from government →median 0%
  • Cfleads: 0% of income from government
no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
0get no government money at all
2report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
0rely on government for over half their income
⤢ axis zoomed · 0–15%
typical government reliance, FY20–25
How this is measured
Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.

On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 13 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

How this is measured
Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

Generated from the IRS Form 990 e-file return for fiscal year 2024, released 2024. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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