Blog | Network News

June 2024: News and Notes from NCFP’s Members and Partners

June 17, 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. Remembering Influential Foundation Read More

Chief Executive Officer

June 12, 2024
Working alongside the Board of Trustees, the incoming Chief Executive Officer has a unique and exciting opportunity to position an established, young, and growing organization for continued success as we pursue ambitious plans to more than double our grantmaking over the next ten years. The supportive, respectful, and mission-driven Board of Trustees is comprised of professionals who bring a range Read More

Estevan Muñoz-Howard

June 5, 2024
Estevan Muñoz-Howard is a philanthropic and organizational consultant with over 15 years experience leading programs and coalitions in the nonprofit sector. He joined Ktisis Capital as senior director in 2022 working primarily with our political and democracy focused clients. Estevan supports these clients as a donor advisor and strategist, working to protect our democracy on a national scale. He also Read More

Grants Manager/Office Administrator

May 31, 2024
The Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation (PPFF) is a Chicago-based, private foundation that represents the intrinsic passions and interests of the Pritzker Pucker family for creating a positive impact in the world. PPFF develops strategies and supports high-impact programs that seek to transform individuals, families, and communities through innovative, collaborative and scalable approaches. To date, PPFF focuses on three program areas: Read More

Chief Philanthropy Officer

May 22, 2024
Aspen Community Foundation is excited to announce an opening for a new position, Chief Philanthropy Officer. We are seeking an experienced, talented, and enthusiastic development professional to lead and champion the Foundation’s philanthropic services, asset development, and fundraising efforts – managing staff and programs that provide donors and fundholders with high-quality stewardship and services to increase the impact of their Read More
Blog | Ask NCFP

Ask NCFP: Should my family foundation board have term limits? 

May 8, 2024 | Miki Akimoto
NCFP receives a number of questions about family philanthropy and is particularly equipped to answer inquiries about philanthropic purpose, governance, next-generation engagement, family dynamics, and succession and legacy. This series is designed to answer commonly asked questions and provide resources and considerations for family funders. If you have a family philanthropy question, consider posting to NCFP’s Peer Exchange Platform for Read More

Executive Director

May 5, 2024
The Community Investment Network is pleased to invite nominations and applications for their next Executive Director. In collaboration with visionary donors and thriving community philanthropic leaders, the Community Investment Network inspires, connects, and strengthens African Americans and communities of color to leverage their collective resources and create the change they wish to see. The ideal candidate will understand the power Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Strategies for Scaling Philanthropic Impact Through Values-Aligned Investing

May 2, 2024 | Daniel Gould
The Marguerite Casey Foundation (MCF) updated its investment policy statement to align its endowment with its grantmaking work. The foundation’s endowment continues to grow, beating industry benchmarks, while supporting the mission of the organization. Dan Gould, vice president of investments and operations at MCF, outlines four pillars that inform MCF’s values-aligned investing, including diversifying asset managers and engaging in shareholder Read More
Blog | From NCFP

How to Successfully Engage in Your Family’s Philanthropy as an Adult

April 25, 2024 | Cara Binder-Kopchick
In our recent publication, A Guide to Meaningfully Engaging Next-Generation Adults in Your Philanthropy, we explore ways for those who are currently managing a family’s philanthropy to thoughtfully welcome next-generation adults. While so many of the formal transition responsibilities lie with the philanthropy’s current leaders, the incoming adult leaders also have several opportunities position themselves for success and to actively Read More

Senior Director, Advancement

April 19, 2024
The National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) seeks a strategic, proactive, highly relational Senior Director, Advancement (Senior Director), to join the thoughtful, collaborative, and dedicated NCFP team and be responsible for the overall strategic direction and management of NCFP’s advancement and fundraising strategies with accountability for setting, executing, and meeting annual and multi-year revenue goals. Reporting to the Chief Impact Read More