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Blog | Voices from the Field

Welcoming Our First Distinguished Fellow in Family Philanthropy
May 28, 2014 | Virginia M. Esposito
Editor’s note: We are pleased to share NCFP President Virginia Esposito’s introductory remarks announcing our first Distinguished Fellow in Family Philanthropy at the National Forum. Read the official press release for more details. It is an incredible honor to be announcing the first Distinguished Fellow of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. Bruce Maza, CEO of the C. E. and Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Karen Keating Ansara: “I’Ll Have What She’s Having”
May 28, 2014 | Karen Keating Ansara
Editor’s note: We are pleased to reprint Karen Ansara’s prepared comments (more than were spoken) from her conversation with Lowell Weiss, President, Cascade Philanthropy Advisors; William Campbell, Chair, Campbell Family Foundation and The End Fund; and Mario Morino, Morino Institute and Founding Chairman, Venture Philanthropy Partners on May 8th at the National Forum on Family Philanthropy. These comments were originally posted on Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

The Next Generation Reinvigorates Philanthropy
May 28, 2014 | Mark Larimer
One of the most important trends people were talking about at the National Forum on Family Philanthropy was the engagement and involvement of youth (ages 8+) during the grantmaking process. In many ways, it represents the future of grantmaking and how the younger generation’s view of philanthropy will influence the entire charitable community. Read More
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Funding Locally
May 24, 2014 | Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Local philanthropy has a long and impressive history. Individuals have given to help communities where they feel a special connection over many generations. And community foundations have for decades epitomized the potential to build nonprofit capacity and philanthropy in a particular area. Read More

Sylvia Yee
May 14, 2014
Sylvia Mei-ling Yee is Vice President of Programs at the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, a family foundation in San Francisco that makes $30 million in grants annually. She played a key role in the selection and development of the Fund’s education equity, nonprofit leadership, gay and lesbian and immigrant rights programs. A community leader committed to social change, Read More

Kristy Teskey
May 14, 2014
Kristy Teskey is Executive Director of the John M. Belk Endowment and a strong education champion. Over the past 22 years she has worked on vital issues across the education and workforce development continuum, ranging from early childhood development to postsecondary access and completion, with a concentration on community colleges and first- generation students. Kristy joined the Endowment in August Read More

Melinda Marble
May 14, 2014
In May 2014, Melinda Marble was appointed Director of Family Philanthropy at Pilot House Associates, the family office in which the Barr Foundation is located. She previously served as Deputy Director and Interim Executive Director of the Barr Foundation. Prior to joining Barr, Melinda served as the Executive Director of The Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts. At Read More

Ira S. Hirschfield
May 14, 2014
Since 1992, Ira Hirschfield has worked to create a more just and compassionate society as President and a Trustee of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, a family foundation based in San Francisco, California. Ira leads the Fund’s work in four key program areas: supporting equal opportunities for immigrants to become active citizens; advancing full equality for gay and Read More

Lisa Graustein
May 14, 2014
Lisa Graustein (she/her) is the Board Chair of the W.C. Graustein Memorial Fund, whose mission is to achieve equity in education by working with those affected and inspiring all to end racism and poverty. As such, Lisa is working to dismantle the systems of oppression that have traditionally existed within grant-making to create new forms of wealth redistribution and social justice. Lisa Read More

Jason Baron
May 13, 2014
Jason Baron is the creator and portfolio manager for the Socially Innovative Investing (S2I) strategy in the investments group within U.S. Trust. Prior to joining U.S. Trust, Jason served as the group head for the community investing team at Lehman Brothers where he was responsible for the design and implementation of socially responsible and mission-oriented investment products. He began his Read More

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