1647 Results for “community”

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Preparing for Bold Leadership
January 26, 2024 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
As I look back at the past few years, it’s clear that the challenges we faced as a society and as a sector have been unrelenting. It’s also been a time of great promise. Many families have shifted their philanthropic practices to respond to urgent and entrenched problems. They have taken bigger risks, leaned into trust, listened to communities, and Read More
Events & Webinars | Learning and Action Cohort

[Application Deadline Extended] 2024 Strengthening Democracy Learning and Action Cohort
March 18, 2024 | Sayu Bhojwani, Jennifer Cho
The deadline to apply to participate in the Strengthening Democracy Learning and Action Cohort has been extended to March 18. We will be accepting applications on a rolling basis so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Strengthening Democracy Learning & Action Network Overview Hosted by NCFP and developed with the expert knowledge and facilitation of the team Read More

Director of Development & Volunteers
December 23, 2023
For the last nine years, Corey C. Griffin Foundation (created to honor the memory and legacy of Corey C. Griffin who passed away in 2014) has experienced incredible success and growth. This success would not have been possible without the hard work of its dedicated board of directors, its inspiring grantees and nonprofit partners, and the hundreds of Foundation volunteers Read More
Events & Webinars | Learning and Action Cohort

Application Deadline: 2024 Racial Justice Learning and Action Cohort
January 31, 2024
Racial Justice Learning & Action Network Overview The National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) has partnered with Bari Katz and Edgar Villanueva of Leverage Philanthropic Partners to create a Learning and Action Cohort that will: provide participants with knowledge and tools to operationalize their commitment to racial equity in their grantmaking, governance, and operations be grounded in a root-cause analysis Read More

Levitt Foundation Communications Manager
December 15, 2023
The Communications Department shapes the branding, marketing and communications strategy for the Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation, a national social impact funder working at the intersection of music, public space and community building. The Communications Department also provides communications support for its grantee partners, a national network of Levitt venues and Levitt AMP concert sites across the country. An integral Read More

Laura Herrick
December 15, 2023
Originally from small-town Texas, Laura Herrick (she/her) is fast friends with anyone who also says “y’all” in everyday conversation. She moved to the Midwest to serve as National Development Director for the US National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha’is more than a decade ago. She fell in love with the area, so she continued serving nonprofits in the Chicago area. Read More
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Beyond the Family: An Ecosystem Approach to Family Philanthropy
December 12, 2023 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
The success of family philanthropy is dependent on the willingness of the family to embrace an ecosystem of partners. In fact, the most effective philanthropic leaders recognize that the family operates in relationship to many others—most importantly community and staff members. Embracing an ecosystem approach to philanthropy, which focuses on building and respecting relationships to others in the system, is Read More

Hannibal B. Johnson
December 8, 2023
Hannibal B. Johnson, Esq., a graduate of Harvard Law School, is an attorney, author, consultant, and the current chair of the Commemoration Fund. Hannibal is also a board member and curator for Greenwood Rising. Hannibal’s consulting work focuses primarily on diversity and inclusion, nonprofit leadership, and human relations issues. Johnson has also served as an adjunct professor at The University of Read More

Board Member
December 6, 2023
The Russell Family Foundation seeks two new board members. The Board Members of The Russell Family Foundation are responsible for the following: individually and collectively, setting direction and ensuring the Foundation fulfills its mission and goals; planning for the foundation’s future, sustaining the board, and reviewing its performance; operating and assessing the grantmaking programs, reviewing foundation operations, finances and investments; Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

How PRIs Can Help Maximize Impact and Approaches for Getting Started
December 5, 2023 | Mary Ann Weiss
In 2018, Mary Ann Weiss wrote a post for NCFP about program-related investments (PRIs), their advantages, and the barriers to using them. Since then, the philanthropic landscape has shifted and Mary Ann has built her own experience with PRIs. Learn more about use cases for PRIs and how to get started using the tool to amplify your impact. In the Read More

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