Blog | Network News

September 2019: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network

Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their cutting edge work. This month features updates from the Allen H. & Selma W. Berkman Charitable Trust, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Nathan Cummings Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Zeist Foundation, and the Eugene & Agnes E. Meyer Foundation. Are you a current Friend or Read More

eJewish Philanthropy

August 26, 2019
To assist organizations progress as they adapt to the continuing changes and challenges of the 21st Century, eJewish Philanthropy was launched in 2007 as an independent on-line publisher and a facilitator of resource mobilization serving the professional Jewish community. Striving to provide all our visitors with sustained access to external resources, we serve as an instant publishing channel highlighting the latest happenings Read More

Colleen Hill

August 20, 2019
Colleen joined the CFHZ team in 2018. As Vice President of Development and Donor Services, Colleen will lead CFHZ’s efforts to grow the Community’s Endowment and provide services to donors to help them achieve their charitable goals. She will work with individuals, families and companies, along with their Professional Advisors, to help them organize their charitable giving for maximum impact. Read More
Knowledge Center | Article

Allow Good Curriculum

August 20, 2019 | Allow Good
Allow Good is a Chicagoland nonprofit that has been running youth programming for five years. Their mission is empower all youth through the tools of philanthropy to take meaningful action in their world. Their semester-long program takes high school youth through lessons in civic engagement, community histories, and the philanthropic grantmaking process. Students explore and research local community challenges, narrowing Read More

Dan Fontaine

August 14, 2019
Dan Fontaine is the Executive Director of Wilderness Youth Project. Dan first attended a tracking workshop with Wilderness Youth Project (WYP) in 2001 and hasn’t been able to quit the project since. Over the years he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of WYP. Although he’s been a resident of Goleta since 1994, his reverent appreciation of the environment around Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

The Blacker The Circle

August 12, 2019 | Valaida Fullwood
Jolted by a stream of recent events, I have been reminded of the value and myriad benefits of Black-led giving circles and why I am a member of one. Hardly alone in this consciousness, I joined two chroniclers and members of giving circles to write "The Sweetness of Circles." In that opinion piece, we share our collective views on why giving circles have growing appeal among Black Americans in these trying times. Read More