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Leveraging Deep Community Ties: Rural Funders Tackle COVID-19

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Allen Smart

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The philanthropic response to COVID-19 has been dominated by three separate but interconnected themes: (1) Relaxation of standard reporting requirements, programmatic restrictions and timelines, (2) Advocacy for funders to extend themselves past standard 5% payout spending policies and (3) Creation of emergency funding pools or other rapid response structures. While all are worthy of consideration, these trends are not groundbreaking… Read More
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May 2020: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network

Posted on May 5, 2020

Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their work. This month features updates from the Bainum Family Foundation, Frey Foundation, Hill-Snowdon Foundation, Roy A. Hunt Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Phillips Family Foundation, Self Family Foundation, Sobrato Family Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Tarsadia Foundation, and Tracy Family Foundation. Are you a current Friend or Leadership Circle member… Read More
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Hoffberger Family’s Legacy of Giving is Bound by Two Pandemics

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Alison Fass, Amy Segal Shorey

Hoffberger coalwood truck from 1913
Fourth generation Hoffberger family members gathered in April to begin the final phase of their foundation’s strategic planning process that started nine months ago with GMA Foundations consultant Amy Shorey. The world has changed since then, yet the themes that connect current trustees with previous generations of their family, and with the communities they love, have not. Seven Hoffberger brothers… Read More
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Resiliency Starts at Home

Posted on May 4, 2020 by Dr. Brittany Kienker

plant grows out of rocks
My children are too young to understand COVID-19 or its global impact. All they know is that their mum and dad are at home, working far more hours than usual. When they are older, we will tell them about the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope that we can tell them that we persevered. They can learn about the families that spent… Read More
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A Conversation with Dr. Chris Murray of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Dr. Christopher Murray, Nicholas A. Tedesco

NCFP President and CEO Nick Tedesco recently interviewed Dr. Chris Murray, Chair and Professor of Health Metric Sciences and Director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. IHME has been a leader in COVID-19 data capturing and projections. Dr. Murray discussed the role of IHME in providing evidence-based COVID-19 data to the public, latest… Read More
Voices from the Field

Edgar Villanueva: ‘The Rainy Day We’ve All Been Thinking About is Here’

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Edgar Villanueva, Gail Picco

Edgar Villanueva speaking at the 2019 National Forum on Family Philanthropy
Editor’s Note: This interview was originally published by The Charity Report and re-posted here with permission.  Gail Picco: How are you doing? Edgar Villanueva: I’m doing okay, all things being considered. I’m in Brooklyn and live about a block from a hospital. It’s just non-stop sirens, and I wonder what’s happening with those people… Gail Picco: The Charity Report launched just as… Read More
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Values, Kids, Philanthropy, and COVID-19

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Katie Scott

We’re eating more meals together than we ever have before. We are getting to know our neighbors better. We see our child or children more hours of the day, and many of us are fortunate enough to hear the sounds of toys and giggles filling our homes. Ok, while all of these facts are true (and my son is adorable… Read More
Voices from the Field

Brutal Truth and Credible Hope

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Lowell Weiss, Mario Morino

tunnel with a light at the end
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published here and is re-posted with permission. The wonderful Cheryl Collins told us, with the firm but loving tone she used in her schoolteacher days, that we must use this platform to share both brutal honesty and credible hope. So that’s what we’re going to try to do. Brutal Truth: We’re in for a rough ride. Some ER… Read More
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Richard M. Hunt: A Powerful Mind, a Passionate Soul, and Gentle Grace

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Virginia M. Esposito

Richard Hunt
Given the many arenas where Richard Hunt studied, worked, lived and gave over his 93 years, I might have met him in any one of them. It might have been as a German scholar who tirelessly worked to promote transatlantic mutual understanding, most particularly between Germany and the United States. He taught that subject and more at Harvard University and… Read More
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Rethinking “Us” and “Them” in Family Philanthropy

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Ashley Blanchard, Kelin E. Gersick, Ph.D.

woman wearing mask looking at reflection
In the past few weeks, we have been inundated with information about how philanthropy can respond to this pandemic. Many emergency and collaborative funds are being formed by reputable intermediaries, making it easier to get money into the hands of those who need it most. It’s heartening to see the clear and consistent messages coming from all parts of the sector: assure your grantee partners that you have their back; keep your funding flexible; support both immediate needs and long-term recovery; and focus on the most vulnerable. We’ve learned these lessons from other crises and need to apply them now… Read More

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