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The Council on Foundations is a membership organization of more than 2,000 grant-making foundations and giving programs worldwide. It provides leadership expertise, legal services and networking opportunities and other services to participating members and the general public.

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Council profile

The members of the council focus mainly on the following subjects:

  • Child and youth development
  • Civil rights
  • Community development
  • Crime prevention
  • General education
  • Primary education

    • 2005 Awards

    Distinguished Grantmaker Award: Rien van Gendt, executive director of the Van Leer Group Foundation [1].

    Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking: Nancy Latimer, senior program officer in the Children and Families program of the McKnight Foundation

    Paul Ylvisaker Award for Public Policy Engagement: The Maytree Foundation

    2005 Film and Video Festival Awards

    The Council on Foundations holds a yearly film festival in collaboration with Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media. These are the winners of the 2005 Film and Video Festival Awards:

  • Born into Brothels
  • Farmingville
  • Freedom Machines
  • In the Light of Reverence
  • Let's Get Real
  • Muslims
  • No Place to Live: Chicago's Affordable Housing Crisis
  • North Korea: Beyond the DMZ
  • RACE - The Power of an Illusion
  • Reading Your Rights
  • Refugee
  • The Broad Street History Project
  • The New Americans
  • Trembling Before G-d

    • These video projects will make their debut during the Council's 56th Annual Conference in San Diego, California the week of April 8[2].

    References

    Council on Foundations Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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