1873 Results for “community”

The Minneapolis Foundation
April 22, 2019
One of the first community foundations in the world, The Minneapolis Foundation brings together people, ideas, and resources to improve lives, locally and globally. It’s a 100-year-old tradition — and we have big plans for the future. The Foundation sparks positive change in the community by administering more than 1,400 charitable funds that enable individuals, families, and businesses to support causes Read More

Tidewater Jewish Foundation
April 22, 2019
Honoring the values of tzedakah and tikkun olam, the Tidewater Jewish Foundation is dedicated to creating permanent resources to meet the challenges and needs of the Jewish community. The Foundation educates individuals, families and its affiliates on the rewards of philanthropy and facilitates the philanthropic process through planned giving and endowments. Read More

The Boston Foundation
April 22, 2019
As Greater Boston’s community foundation, the Boston Foundation devotes its resources to building and sustaining a vital, prosperous city and region, where justice and opportunity are extended to everyone. They fulfill this mission in three principal ways: making grants to nonprofit organizations and designing special funding initiatives to address this community’s critical challenges; working in partnership with donors and other funders Read More

Prentice Zinn
April 10, 2019
Prentice Zinn chairs GMA’s board of directors, is a senior member of our consulting team, and staffs several local, regional, and international foundations. He is best known to his clients and colleagues as an advisor, educator, and facilitator. Prentice specializes in start-up work with new donors, planning for multi-generational philanthropy, guiding boards in rethinking mission and focus, and identifying high Read More

Tammy Sims Johnson
April 10, 2019
Tammy Sims Johnson is the Senior Donor Relations Officer at the California Community Foundation and leads the team responsible for stewarding relationships with individuals, families, and corporations that partner with the community foundation to achieve their vision for meaningful giving. Before joining CCF in 2012, Johnson worked as a communications professional for the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Read More
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Courage and Commitment: Our Personal Journeys for Racial Equity
April 2, 2019 | Mary Mountcastle, June L. Wilson, Kelly D. Nowlin
As NCFP’s 2020 Class of Fellows, we’ve been sitting down and doing a lot of listening. Not the kind of listening you do at a plenary session or on a webinar. The kind of listening that requires some courage. Courage to be in spaces and conversations that are often uncharted waters and make us entirely uncomfortable. Welcome to three women’s journeys around racial equity in the field of family philanthropy. Read More
Blog | Network News

April 2019: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network
March 29, 2019 | 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 Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation; Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation; Collins Foundation; William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund; Raikes Foundation; Rasmuson Foundation; Satterberg Foundation; Tracy Family Foundation; and the Council of New Jersey Grantmakers. Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Building an Economy for All: How Philanthropic Families Can Help
March 27, 2019 | Cyrus Kharas, Kate McAdams, Arabella Advisors
Providing equitable access to the capital entrepreneurs need to build their businesses is essential to creating a just society and to realizing our full economic potential. Unfortunately, a growing body of research shows that deeply embedded biases currently restrict access to capital for businesses led by women and people of color. Kate McAdams and Cyrus Kharas offer concrete steps for philanthropic families to correct this market failure through what the Arabella Advisors team describes as “inclusive investing.” Read More

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