Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network Topical Call: How to Serve Donors with Cognitive Impairments (December 2018)

Posted on December 12, 2018 by Tony Macklin

Donors and fund advisors can suffer from cognitive impairments through aging, injury, substance abuse, and more. How can you ethically serve these individuals and better help them stay connected to their families’ philanthropic work? Phil Purcell, JD, will leads this topical call conversation based on his experience and training he’s done for the I.U. Lilly School of Philanthropy, legal continuing… Read More

Community Foundation Spark Session: Working With Enterprising Families

Posted on November 15, 2018 by Laily Pirbhai, Mark A. Weber, Morgan Bishop Fraser, Tony Macklin

A family business’s philanthropy has many goals. Family legacy and values, family and business reputation, employee retention, development of successors and younger generations, and tax-wise planning are just a few. The family often involves multiple advisors, formal and informal, in achieving those goals. How can a community foundation be a more effective partner to the multi-generation family, their business, and… Read More

Tech Tools: Internal & Board Communications, Grants, Impact & More

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Bart Westdijk, Sarah Kelley, Chuck Kaylor, Nadia Alia, Usoon Woo, Mark Larimer

Family philanthropies have the opportunity to leverage a wide and growing variety of technology to improve our philanthropic work. Every day there are new inventions that you can use to engage further with your community, track success, and refine approach, but what good are they if we don’t have successful implementation strategies as well? Join this webinar exploring tech tools… Read More