Six Years, Six Important Lessons About Philanthropy
Throughout this process, I have learned many lessons about what works best. As I launch the seventh year of this practice and these columns, I would like to share six key lessons. Read More
Update: Does NCFP have any recommendations for grants management software? Are there any that specifically help family foundations?
October 26, 2016
There are so many grant management software options to choose from, so we compiled a list. We reached out to each of these companies and they sent us a brief description of the technology they offer to their clients. Read More
Hey Foundation Trustees, Come Get a Beer with Us
October 17, 2016 | Vu Le
We nonprofits work with program officers, and despite many of them being really nice and down-to-earth people, the power differential can make them intimidating and scary. This is how we nonprofit professionals imagine a meeting of (even scarier) foundation trustees: Read More
Strategic, Responsive, or Both?
October 14, 2016 | Kris Putnam-Walkerly
Responsive grantmaking is being open to receiving proposals and ideas from any nonprofit, and allowing the nonprofits to drive the agenda. Requests are initiated by the nonprofit, rather than by a funder seeking them out. This doesn’t mean that a foundation doesn’t have core areas of focus, but that within those areas is wishes to be responsive to the needs nonprofits feel most keenly. Read More
Giving Circles: Operations Plan & Member Manual (GiVE 365)
October 11, 2016 | Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
GiVE 365 Member Manual 2016 What is GiVE 365? The idea is simple. You give $365 – a dollar a day – to make our community better. You pool those daily dollars with others. Then you decide together which organizations you want to receive the money. Formed in 2010, GiVE 365 was created by a group of community leaders and the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis to encourage Read More
The Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation Signed the Divest Invest Pledge: Here’s Why
October 10, 2016 | Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
Recognizing the disproportionate impacts of climate change on low-wealth people and communities of color in the United States and around the globe, we signed the Divest Invest pledge, a global movement calling for investors "to divest from the fossil fuel industries deepening the climate crisis and invest instead in climate solutions." Read More
Tackling Racial Justice: Why, How and So What?
October 4, 2016 | National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
The Summer 2016 edition of the National Committee on Responsive Philanthropy's quarterly journal showcases four essays on the topics of: racial justice and community-centered philanthropy. Read More
In 10 Years: More Foundations Aim to Sunset
September 23, 2016 | Philanthropy Northwest
We’ve been hearing more in recent years about foundations opting to give away all their money by a set year instead of existing in perpetuity. In this blog Philanthropy Northwest speaks with Erin Kahn of Raikes Foundation and June Wilson of Quixote Foundation about the trend of private foundations opting to sunset rather than exist in perpetuity. Read More
2016 NCFP CEO Retreat: a Joint Retreat for Family and Non-Family CEOs
The role of a family foundation CEO is unique, often bridging generations of family members, community leaders, staff, advisors, and partners. Expectations can be challenging to meet and boundaries are sometimes vague and ever-changing. Success in this role requires a cadre of specialized leadership skills. This 3-day retreat, to be held at the family home of David and Lucile Packard, Read More
Fist to Five Voting and Consensus
September 13, 2016
Fist to Five is quality voting. It has the elements of consensus built in and can prepare groups to transition into consensus if they wish. Most people are accustomed to the simplicity of “yes” and “no” voting rather than the complex and more community-oriented consensus method of decision making. Fist to Five introduces the element of the quality of the Read More
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