Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Legacy Planning as a Part of Family Philanthropy

How do community foundations consider and offer legacy planning as an option for families in their philanthropy? Join the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, the Chester County Community Foundation, and the Central New York Community Foundation who will share about their legacy planning work. Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Showcasing Donor Portals

Our January topical call will feature multiple online donor portals. Your donor portal can help enhance your relationship with donors, remind them, and accomplish basic tasks. Join your peers on the computer as they screen share and walk through the experiences on each platform. Note: please join on the computer if possible. Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Donor Check-in Meetings

What is on the agenda for your annual or more frequent donor check-in meetings? Bob Eichinger and Molly Rand from the Chicago Community Trust, Marie D’Costa from the New York Community Trust, and Susan Willey from the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation will share how they connect with donors and structure their check-in meetings with families. Read More

The New York Community Trust

November 4, 2019
The New York Community Trust connects past, present, and future generous New Yorkers with vital nonprofits working to make a healthy, equitable, and thriving community for all. A public charity, The Trust is a grantmaking foundation dedicated to improving the lives of residents of New York City and its suburbs. Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Unleash Community Leadership: Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund

November 1, 2019 | Elaine Gast Fawcett
As a family funder, how can you acknowledge and responsibly navigate the power of your position? How does the power and privilege you hold affect those you interact with and support? How can you use your power for good—to make lasting impact? This Passages Issue Brief features stories, perspectives, and practical tips on power, and suggestions for how family funders can work Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Are you or your org guilty of Trickle-Down Community Engagement?

October 4, 2019 | Vu Le
Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Vu Le’s Nonprofit AF website and appears as per their crossposting guidelines here. In Seattle, if you’re a person of color and you walk down a dark alley late at night and you feel like you’re being followed, it’s probably someone trying to do some community engagement: “Psst…hey buddy—Go Hawks!—you want to attend Read More

Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation

September 30, 2019
Through the generosity of our donors, Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation provides essential funding for programs in education, health care, basic human needs, the arts, the environment and more—helping our community thrive now and long into the future. Our grants touch all aspects of life and every person in the Berkshire Taconic region. Each year, we help thousands of donors reach Read More

Greater Tacoma Community Foundation

September 30, 2019
Greater Tacoma Community Foundation provides resources that include philanthropic services, funding, support for community partnerships, community connections, and community dialogue around pressing issues. Read More