Blog | Voices from the Field

Giving as a Family: My Family’s Use of a Donor-Advised Fund Through Our Community Foundation

June 21, 2016 | Rosie Abriam
A donor-advised fund (DAF) provides the donor(s) the opportunity to provide a tax-deductible gift to benefit the organizations and issues that the donor(s) care about most. Working with the community foundation has been great for our family because they provide management and support including handling the paperwork attendant to tax-deductions. Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundation Spark Session: Staffing Your Family Engagement Program – Considerations for Community Foundations

Experience from community foundations that closely advise multigenerational family philanthropists tell us that this work is more an art than science. As community foundations become more donor- and community-driven, it necessitates different skills and abilities of its donor services teams and leaders. On this Spark Session, hear from your community foundation peers about different staffing structures, training, and individual characteristics Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundation Spark Session: The Community Foundation Family Philanthropy Network: An Open Conversation with the Field

In 2016, NCFP kicks off its second year of the Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network, a special initiative that aims to enhance the practice and effectiveness of community foundations as strategic partners and trusted advisors to philanthropic families. Join members of the initiative’s Advisory Committee for an open conversation about our progress to date, exciting plans in 2016 to equip Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundation Spark Session: Raising a new generation of philanthropists

This special peer networking event for community foundation staff that are members of NCFP’s Family Philanthropy Through Community Foundations initiative will feature a conversation with three of the nation’s leading experts on raising philanthropic children in a multi-generational family philanthropy, along with peer presentations on effective strategies for working with family donors in your community. Space is very limited so Read More