Blog | Voices from the Field

How Can I Be 1% More?

I believe that Quixote Foundation’s reflective practices allowed us to hold multiple truths while engaging in internal and often uncomfortable racial equity training. Our ability to do this work at every level of the organization made a tremendous difference in our final year of grantmaking and grantee engagement. Read More
Knowledge Center | Report

The Relationship Ecosystem: Mapping Partnership Resources for Maximum Value

December 21, 2016 | Enette Pauzé
As a leader in your organization and community, it is critical that you’re not only aware of your existing relationships, but that you’re prioritizing them based on value.  When you have a clear picture of the relationship resources available to you, you’re better able to leverage them intentionally to achieve your objectives now, and in the future. Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

December 2016 NCFP Non-Family Staff Peer Network Call

This session will feature a conversation on the strategies and challenges of connecting with community and building an equity lens into your grantmaking and internal operations. It’s a great chance to talk in a private space about this timely and complex topic with your peers around the country! About the NCFP Non-family Staff Peer Network The NCFP Non-family Staff Peer Read More
Knowledge Center | Passages Issue Briefs

Things We Wish Our Founders Had Told Us: Interpreting Donor Legacy

November 29, 2016 | Susan Packard Orr
This special NCFP Distinguished Fellow Essay by Susan Packard Orr explores the questions that Susan and her fellow trustees wished they had asked of the founders when they were still alive. From the introduction: This year marks the 20th anniversary of our father’s death. Our mother has been gone almost 30 years. During this time, we have worked to build Read More