Blog | Voices from the Field

Second Generation: The Daughters of an Early Microsoft Employee Explain Family Giving

June 14, 2019 | Inside Philanthropy
This is a philanthropic story, but it is also an immigrant story. Rao and Satya Remala grew up in India; Remala was raised in a small village. But through education, he empowered himself. “Our parents are very giving people. They recognize how they got to where they are, and are very humbled by that experience,” Srilakshmi explains. Read More

Natalie Ross

June 10, 2019
Natalie Ross is the Council’s Vice President for External Relations. Natalie’s team designs and implements programs that engage Council members, including communities of practice and thought leadership for community foundations, corporate grantmakers, and private foundations. Natalie also manages the Council’s membership department and personally leads the Council’s international program, which works to enable cross-border grantmaking globally and establishes key partnerships with Read More
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The Effects of Family Culture on Family Foundations

June 10, 2019 | Council on Foundations
Yet it is exactly this—a characteristic way of thinking, feeling, judging, and acting—that defines a culture. In direct and subtle ways, children are molded by the family culture into which they are born. Growing up, their assumptions about what is right and wrong, good and bad, reflect the beliefs, values and traditions of the family culture. Most take for granted their family’s ways, and they carry into adulthood numerous attitudes and behaviors acquired in childhood. Read More

Denise Porche

May 31, 2019
Denise Porche has held leadership roles in philanthropy, social service provision, and community activism for more than two decades. Currently, Denise is Executive Director of the Island Foundation, which she has led since 2009. Under her leadership, the Island Foundation has increased its funding for equity and inclusion, basic needs, educational opportunities for underserved populations, and environmental justice. She also Read More

Amy Beth Dudley

May 30, 2019
Amy Beth Dudley is the Director of Donor Services at the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. Read More
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Transparency Case Study: Barr Foundation

May 29, 2019 | Elaine Gast Fawcett
What choices do family foundations and funds have when it comes to transparency? And what approaches do other families take when it comes to managing transparency, communications, and privacy? NCFP’s new guide, Transparency in Family Philanthropy: Opening to the Possibilities examines how family funders are thinking, acting—and, in some cases, not acting—when it comes to how open and accessible they are with others. Read More
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The Power of Shareholder Engagement

May 28, 2019 | Fran Teplitz
Most of us think first about the impact funds have when allocated for specific purposes like building a school or hospital, supporting job training, or funding advocacy campaigns. Others may also think about the impacts of where funds are invested, for example, in a community development financial institution that supports economically marginalized neighborhoods and individuals, or in a clean energy fund advancing new technologies. Read More

Chantelle Fisher-Borne

May 15, 2019
Chantelle Fisher-Borne is the Project Director for the Out in the South Initiative at Funders for LGBTQ Issues. Chantelle joins Funders for LGBTQ Issues after almost two decades working in the nonprofit sector. Her professional career began in the public health field with a focus on community development and LGBTQ youth. She has worked to address issues of affordable housing Read More