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Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Managing Constant Change with Grace and Care as a Family Philanthropy Staff Leader
November 26, 2024 | Cara Binder-Kopchick
While change is inevitable in most pursuits, managing it well in the practice of family philanthropy can be particularly complicated as so much of philanthropy is deeply personal. National Forum speakers Rebecca Cisek, Tina Kimbrough, Sylia Obagi, and Kyle Peterson shared their tips for managing a wide-variety of change. Here, Cara Binder-Kopchick synthesizes their recommendations, offering ways that philanthropic staff Read More
Blog | Network News

November 2024: News and Notes from NCFP’s Members and Partners
November 22, 2024
NCFP strives to connect its members to resources, best practices, and to peer funders. Network News highlights updates from our members and partners, showcasing accomplishments, new approaches or giving areas, innovative ideas, and staff and board transitions, and more.  We encourage our members and parters to email us with news that you would like to be shared. Cedarmere Foundation Closes Read More

Content Writer
November 21, 2024
The Content Writer will play an integral role in supporting communications that build national visibility for the Levitt Foundation, its programs, initiatives, and grantees including the national network of Levitt music venues and concert sites. As a member of our communications team, the Content Writer will be an engaging storyteller, creative thinker, and resourceful researcher who will draft a range Read More
Events & Webinars | Webinars

Social Impact Strategies: People and Place
November 18, 2025
How can a place-based approach maximize philanthropic impact and drive meaningful, community-led progress?  In this session we will consider the power of place-based funding and the unique opportunities it presents for achieving impact at scale in urban, rural, and Tribal communities. We will examine the commonalities that connect these diverse communities—such as shared challenges related to economic development, access to Read More
Events & Webinars | Webinars

Laying the Foundation Part One: Defining Family and Its Role
February 11, 2025
Join us as we explore fundamental questions in the context of family philanthropy: “Who is considered family?” and “What is the role of family in family philanthropy?”   As family philanthropies evolve, choosing how to define family—whether it includes lineal descendants or extends to spouses, chosen family, or others—is essential.  Families must also decide how and when to include community voices. Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

What’s Past Is Prologue
November 18, 2024 | Liz Bernstein Norton
As a second-generation family member, Liz Norton outlines the process she and her siblings undertook to honor the work of their parents, forge their own philanthropic path, and embrace transparency in the next era of the foundation’s work.  “I think I will just take the big green glass vase.” My dad smiled at me when I said this. That vase Read More

Summer Camp Co-Director
November 15, 2024
Camp Naru is dedicated to providing Korean American youth with a safe, enriching environment to explore and appreciate their cultural identity. Our mission is to create a vibrant setting where young people can gain confidence, build community, and make lasting memories while deepening their understanding of Korean culture. We envision a world where youth feel safe and celebrated for their Read More

Dr. Russell W. Booker
October 31, 2024
Dr. Russell W. Booker, CEO of Spartanburg Academic Movement in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is a dedicated advocate for education and community service, boasting over 30 years of diverse experience in the field. His unwavering commitment revolves around empowering students to lead lives of distinction and service. As the leader of the Spartanburg Academic Movement, Dr. Booker is supporting an ambitious Read More
Events & Webinars | Conferences and Workshops

2024 Partner Program Series: Trends in Family Philanthropy
December 2, 2024 | Miki Akimoto
What does the current family philanthropy landscape look like? How has it changed over the last decade? What do these changes mean for those who support giving families? Join us for a virtual gathering of NCFP network partners to explore insights from the Trends in Family Philanthropy 2025 report. Conducted every five years, this report tracks and analyzes evolving trends Read More

Christine Zachai
October 28, 2024
Christine Zachai is the Executive Director of the Three Thirty Three Foundation, which seeks to open doors to basic human needs, education, the arts, and our natural surroundings for Vermonters. Prior to becoming the first staff person of the Foundation in 2022, Zachai founded Forward Philanthropy in 2011, a BCorp-certified philanthropic advising firm supporting individuals, families, foundations, and corporations in Read More

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