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Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Lessons Learned from Family Philanthropy Peers

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Lydia Clements, Colleen Hill

Sometimes best laid plans don’t work. Learn from peers as they share perspectives on experimenting with new initiatives and the lessons learned from the process. Colleen Hill, VP of Development and Donor Services at the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area, and Lydia Clements, VP of Foundation and Corporate Partnerships at the Hawaii Community Foundation, will share their challenges and… Read More

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Professional Development

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Bob Eichinger, Marisa Ogles, Joanne Cohen, Treat Harvey

What professional development programs, courses, and resources have your team benefited from? Join four leaders from our Community Foundations Network to learn about staff development programs and the skills you can build as an organization… Read More

Allow Good Curriculum

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Allow Good

Allow Good is a Chicagoland nonprofit that has been running youth programming for five years. Their mission is empower all youth through the tools of philanthropy to take meaningful action in their world. Their semester-long program takes high school youth through lessons in civic engagement, community histories, and the philanthropic grantmaking process. Students explore and research local community challenges, narrowing… Read More

Blending and Clarifying Roles and Responsibilities: Tinkering Family Fund

Posted on August 16, 2019 by GMA Foundations, Mary Phillips

Effective intra-board and board-staff relationships require shared decision-making that can run counter to a family’s established authority structure. Separating the workings of the foundation from the family relationships is often difficult, but possible… Read More

Changing Nature of Family Boards: Three Mini-Case Studies

Posted on August 16, 2019 by GMA Foundations, Mary Phillips

While they may be cut from the same genetic cloth, family members frequently have different political viewpoints, lifestyles, and priorities. The changing nature of your family may be creating challenges to harmonious and effective governance… Read More

Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network Topical Call: Virtual Facilitation (August 2019)

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Janice Simsohn Shaw, Danielle LaJoie, Katie Scott

Geographically dispersed donor families can often benefit from virtual facilitation when convening about their philanthropy. Join youth philanthropy alum Danielle LaJoie from the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Janice Simsohn Shaw, facilitator and consultant, for tips and tools for virtual facilitation success… Read More

Pride of Place: The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation, Fairview, Texas

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Virginia M. Esposito

Shirley Gonzalez, board president of the Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation, traces her roots in Texas well before the lifetime of her maternal uncle who made his wealth after the discovery of gas wells on his property. … Read More

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Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network Topical Call: Family Philanthropy Case Studies (July 2019)

Posted on July 9, 2019 by GMA Foundations, Mary Phillips, Katie Scott

Tackle case studies about family dynamics featuring Mary Phillips from GMA Foundations… Read More

Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family Commitment to Geography

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Virginia M. Esposito

How has place-based family philanthropy evolved over time? NCFP is proud to publish Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family Commitment to Geography, a study of place-based foundations and funds. A place-based foundation or fund is committed—often exclusively—to a particular geographic region of the country… Read More

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Engaging Youth & Children

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Susan Crites Price, Anita Wesley

Many community foundations engage youth and younger children in their family philanthropy programs. Join Anita Wesley, Senior Philanthropic Advisor at the Rose Community Foundation, and Susan Price, author and field expert, to hear tools and perspectives on engaging children in your giving… Read More

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Lessons Learned from Family Philanthropy Peers

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Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Lessons Learned from Family Philanthropy Peers

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Lydia Clements, Colleen Hill

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Professional Development

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Bob Eichinger, Marisa Ogles, Joanne Cohen, Treat Harvey

Allow Good Curriculum

Posted on August 20, 2019 by Allow Good

Blending and Clarifying Roles and Responsibilities: Tinkering Family Fund

Posted on August 16, 2019 by GMA Foundations, Mary Phillips

Changing Nature of Family Boards: Three Mini-Case Studies

Posted on August 16, 2019 by GMA Foundations, Mary Phillips

Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network Topical Call: Virtual Facilitation (August 2019)

Posted on August 13, 2019 by Janice Simsohn Shaw, Danielle LaJoie, Katie Scott

Pride of Place: The Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Foundation, Fairview, Texas

Posted on July 10, 2019 by Virginia M. Esposito

Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network Topical Call: Family Philanthropy Case Studies (July 2019)

Posted on July 9, 2019 by GMA Foundations, Mary Phillips, Katie Scott

Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family Commitment to Geography

Posted on July 9, 2019 by Virginia M. Esposito

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Engaging Youth & Children

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Susan Crites Price, Anita Wesley

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