NCFP Blog

Four Questions for Nonprofit and Foundation Boards to Protect Their Organizations

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Anne Wallestad, Aaron Dorfman

The board’s role in CEO oversight is not a straightforward or easy role to play, but it is an absolutely critical one… Read More

Voices from the Field

Census 2020: Five Strategies for Family Foundations Seeking to Help Ensure an Accurate Count

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Perla Ni

If you care about funding for your local community’s low-income housing, early-childhood education, healthcare and food stamps, few initiatives have as much impact on these services as the Census… Read More

Voices from the Field

North Bay Fires: Five Lessons Learned

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Elizabeth Brown

How can we replicate the outreach and support that was so easy to offer in urgent times to the more chronic challenges our communities face every day?… Read More

Voices from the Field

Podcast: 10 Things My Family Did to Engage Us in Philanthropy

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Ellie Frey Zagel

People always ask how our family got us involved in philanthropy. This podcast is dedicated to answering that question. Here are 10 things the Frey family did well and some of lessons learned… Read More

Voices from the Field

Six Predictions for Family Philanthropy’s Future: Takeaways from NCFP’s 20th Anniversary Symposium Opening Plenary

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Elaine Gast Fawcett

What does the future of family philanthropy look like? At NCFP’s 20th Anniversary Symposium in San Francisco, 10 thought leaders attempted to answer this question… Read More

Voices from the Field

Soliciting Grantee Feedback: a Benefit to Both Sides

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Alexia Cameron

To best help the nonprofit organizations that we say we wish to serve, foundations must be prepared to invite open, honest feedback, consider it carefully, and then communicate findings and decisions back to the public… Read More

Voices from the Field

Want Effective Capacity Building? Get Rid of the Incubation Mentality

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Vu Le

The incubation mentality is the belief that effective nonprofits have to eventually “grow” out of whatever partnership they are in, whether it’s with a fiscal sponsor or a funding partner. It is a pervasive mentality, happening all across our sector, and it is downright harmful to our work… Read More

Voices from the Field

Junior Board Organizes Community Meet and Greet

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Ana Gonzalez

Their Junior Board had been doing collaborative grantmaking for two years, but the community didn’t know them very well. A "Meet and Greet" would be the perfect opportunity to let the world of philanthropy in Laredo gather on a larger scale… Read More

Voices from the Field

Transact or Transform: What Kind of Giver Are You?

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Kris Putnam-Walkerly

Transactional philanthropy is important and necessary to help those in immediate crises meet very pressing needs. For many donors, that’s enough. But what happens when we think more strategically about the needs in question?… Read More

Network News

News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network

Posted on August 31, 2018 by National Center for Family Philanthropy

Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their cutting edge work. This month features updates from the Solcz Family Foundation; Self Family Foundation; the Arizona Community Foundation; the Surdna Foundation; the Laughing Gull Foundation; the Sobrato Family Foundation and the Clowes Fund… Read More

NCFP Blog

Four Questions for Nonprofit and Foundation Boards to Protect Their Organizations

Posted on October 15, 2018 by Anne Wallestad, Aaron Dorfman

Census 2020: Five Strategies for Family Foundations Seeking to Help Ensure an Accurate Count

Posted on October 11, 2018 by Perla Ni

North Bay Fires: Five Lessons Learned

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Elizabeth Brown

Podcast: 10 Things My Family Did to Engage Us in Philanthropy

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Ellie Frey Zagel

Six Predictions for Family Philanthropy’s Future: Takeaways from NCFP’s 20th Anniversary Symposium Opening Plenary

Posted on September 27, 2018 by Elaine Gast Fawcett

Soliciting Grantee Feedback: a Benefit to Both Sides

Posted on September 25, 2018 by Alexia Cameron

Want Effective Capacity Building? Get Rid of the Incubation Mentality

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Vu Le

Junior Board Organizes Community Meet and Greet

Posted on September 12, 2018 by Ana Gonzalez

Transact or Transform: What Kind of Giver Are You?

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Kris Putnam-Walkerly

News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network

Posted on August 31, 2018 by National Center for Family Philanthropy

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