The Council on Foundations, founded in 1949, is a nonprofit leadership association of grant-making foundations and corporations.
The council's mission is to provide the opportunity, leadership, and tools needed by philanthropic organizations to expand, enhance, and sustain their ability to advance the common good.
[1] Its vision is as a strategic leader that raises issues of shared interest, expands thinking in the field, builds collaborative efforts, and removes barriers to effective and dynamicphilanthropy.
[1] The council is led by Kathleen P. Enright as its president and CEO and Jay Williams as the chairman of the board of directors.
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