January 2025: Network News
NCFP strives to connect its members to resources, best practices, and to peer funders. Network News highlights updates from our members and partners, showcasing accomplishments, new approaches or giving areas, innovative ideas, and staff and board transitions, and more.
We encourage our members and parters to email us with news that you would like to be shared.
Brian and Sheila Jellison Family Foundation Supports Cancer Vaccine Coalition
The foundation is the first major donor for the Cancer Vaccine Coaltion (CVC) with a $2MM matching gift to propel the trials clinical trials for breast cancer vaccines.
Zilber Family Foundation Announces Leadership Transition
After serving as executive director for six years, Gina Stilp is departing the Zilber Family Foundation. The foundation’s operations director, Lianna Bishop, has been named the new executive director.
Overdeck Family Foundation Names Anu Malipatil as Executive Director
Previously a vice president, Malipatil stepped into the executive director role of the Overdeck Family Foundation in January.
Robin Hill-Dunbar Steps into New Role at the Ford Family Foundation
Robin Hill-Dunbar is the director of the children, youth, and families department at the Ford Family Foundation. Hill-Dunbar has been with the foundation since 2016.
New Addition to the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation
Thomas Grasso has joined the team as the senior program officer for conservation where he will lead a new international grantmaking portfolio to increase the legal capacity to support marine conservation.