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Registration is Now Open for Leading Locally 2027
If you find joy and purpose in place-based philanthropy, Leading Locally is the place for you!
Let's continue the celebration and recognition of the essential role that community foundations play in civic life at Leading Locally 2027, May 4-6 in Los Angeles, CA. This is the Council's reimagined community foundation conference, now expanded to include all place-based funders. This year we're offering Council members a community foundation rate!
Register now! Secure the lowest available rate by registering today.
Not a Council member yet? Become a member today! Reach out to our Membership team at membership@cof.org.
Next Week: Annual Member Meeting & Proxy Vote
Join us for our Annual Member Meeting next week on Tuesday, November 17 as we wrap up the year and celebrate your contributions to our community.
You'll hear a "State of the Council" address from our President and CEO, Kathleen Enright, a conversation with outgoing Council Board Chair Jay Williams, and reports on our financials and membership milestones.
CF Insights Highlight
We invite Council members with the CF Insights add-on to join us Tuesday, November 17, at noon E.T. for an interactive peer roundtable. Orange County Community Foundation leaders Tammy Tumbling, president, and Brian Schaefgen, CFO, will share how they’ve adapted their finance and operations functions for current and future success following the retirement of the community foundation's long-time CFO.
Hear lessons from their redesign and discuss how your foundation can strengthen its own operations to meet evolving organizational and community needs.
Interested in learning more about the CF Insights Add-On? Visit our website or email cfinsights@cof.org for a 1:1 demo.
2026 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Report
The 2026 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Report is live! Download the full report and access our key findings that highlight the latest trends in the field, such as salary increases returning to pre-pandemic norms and turnover dropping to its lowest level in at least five years.
We also released new Board Compensation Tables, which will help your foundation board members and staff benchmark board compensation policies and practices against peers in the field.
Storytelling and Narrative Strategy Survey
As part of our Better Stories, Better Language portfolio, we’re partnering with the Center of Public Interest Communications (CPIC) at the University of Florida on a new, quick survey to help us gauge the sector’s approach to storytelling and narrative strategy. If you’re a communications professional, we’d love to have you participate!
Your insights will help shape our forthcoming follow-up report to Philanthropy’s New Voice, the largest ever study of narratives in philanthropy.
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