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Blog | Uncategorized, Case Studies

Trust-based Philanthropy: Satterberg Foundation
January 13, 2020 | The Whitman Institute
The Satterberg Foundation recently decided to transform its processes in an effort to build greater transparency and alignment with their core values. One of the most dramatic changes was a shift to multi-year general operating support. The Trust-Based Philanthropy Project’s Shaady Salehi sat down with Executive Director Sarah Walczyk to get the scoop on why they did this and what Read More
Blog | Uncategorized, Case Studies

Transfer Decision Making and Wealth: Chorus Foundation
January 7, 2020 | 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

7 Resources to Guide Your Work Toward Inclusive Growth
January 3, 2020 | Kahler Sweeney
This piece was originally published through the Johnson Center and appears with permission. This blog was produced as a part of Field Focus: Inclusive Strategies for Prosperity, a digital series to explore philanthropy’s role in inclusive economic development and community prosperity. In his most recent article, the Johnson Center’s Distinguished Scholar in Residence for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Dr. Juan Olivarez Read More

Ann Krumboltz
December 20, 2019
Having been a grantee herself for many years, Ann believes a foundation should be an accessible and thoughtful partner to the community it serves. She oversees the Brainerd Foundation’s administrative, management, financial, and programmatic work, in partnership with her colleague Keiki Kehoe. Ann also serves as the primary program officer for the foundation’s Conservation Capacity grants. Ann and Keiki share Read More
Events & Webinars | Webinars

Planning a Family Retreat
August 13, 2020 | Shira Saperstein, Wynn Rosser, Angie Schlater, Carrie Avery, Jennie Zioncheck
Getting your family together for a retreat is a great way to spend quality time together, as well as focus on your family’s giving with the foundation. Families use a variety of resources to build community and discuss important topics in their philanthropy. In this webinar, you will hear how foundations have designed their retreats and meeting agendas, activities for Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Non-family Staff Peer Network Event: What Questions Keep You up at Night?
January 29, 2020 | Denise Porche, Kim Wright, Steve Toben
During the NCFP 2019 National Forum on Family Philanthropy, the Non-family Staff Peer Network had great success meeting about what keeps you up at night—the most pressing challenges and questions in your role. Join the group again to continue this conversation and share your biggest current challenges. Connect with your peers to find community, solutions, and resources. NCFP’s Non-family Staff Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

All Peer Network: Responding to COVID-19 in our Communities
March 25, 2020 | Nicholas A. Tedesco, Denise Porche, Kim Wright
Please note: We have postponed our conversation “Connecting Families Across Distance” and will use this time to share and discuss our initial responses and strategies to COVID-19. This All Peer Network event, hosted by the Non-family Staff Peer Network, is open to senior leaders and board members of NCFP Friends of the Family organizations. With the sudden spread of COVID-19, Read More

Jenny Kelly
December 19, 2019
As Executive Director of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation since 2015, Jenny Kelly manages a grantmaking portfolio supporting youth violence prevention and community development organizations based in Pittsburgh and Boston, international development programs primarily in east Africa, and national environment initiatives. In addition to these four program areas, general grants are awarded in communities across the country where the trustees Read More
Blog | From NCFP

How We Give: Ten Tips for Donors and Families
December 18, 2019 | Virginia M. Esposito
Editor’s Note: It’s the giving season! NCFP originally published this piece on October 15, 2007. All of the tips and recommendations here remain as relevant today as they were then… There is a lot of justifiable attention paid these days to some of the BIG questions about philanthropy and the philanthropic process: Why give? How much to give? What to Read More

Emily Davis
December 16, 2019
Emily’s career at the Greater Washington Community Foundation began in November 2016 as a regional Donor Services Associate. Her current role as Campaign Coordinator includes development and relationship management for the annual Celebration of Philanthropy, Fund for Greater Washington, and Building Thriving Communities impact initiatives, and assisting with The Community Foundation’s Professional Advisor network (specifically the Young Professional Advisors Committee, Read More

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