National Center for Family Philanthropy

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How do we work with our local community foundation to train young philanthropists?

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Youth Philanthropy Connect, National Center for Family Philanthropy

Our family foundation would like to work with the local community foundation to set up a program that will help train younger philanthropists – both those in our family as well as other youth in the community. Do you have suggestions for models that others have used? Indeed we do! NCFP worked with Youth Philanthropy Connect, a former initiative of… Read More

Quiz: Where Are You in Your Equity Journey?

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Change Philanthropy

This assessment was created by CHANGE Philanthropy with questions from D5 Coalition and Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity tools. The results will inform where you are in terms of equity and give you curated resources to help you along in advancing equity in your foundation… Read More
Voices from the Field

Can We Agree on This Simple Definition of Equity?

Posted on November 20, 2017 by Vu Le

Equity has been like coconut water. It’s all over the place. It’s flavored with pineapple, sometimes with chocolate. Everyone is drinking Equity; it’s on websites, in conference themes, and in those “word-cloud” thingies. Given how pervasive it is, it’s weird that we don’t seem to have a common, universally-accepted definition for it… Read More

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