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June 2023: News and Notes from NCFP’s Members and Partners

June 15, 2023
Network News highlights updates from NCFP’s members and network partners. Current NCFP members or network partners are encouraged to email us with news they would like shared with the community.  James B. McClatchy Foundation Announces “Sunrise Plan” The James B. McClatchy Foundation announced its three-prong approach to spending all of its assets. The plan is expected to take seven years Read More

Sergio Rodríguez

June 15, 2023
As CEO, Sergio Rodríguez oversees the entire scope of The Foundation to include ranch and oil and gas management as well as grant-making.  A nephew of the founders, Sergio led the GALO Land and Cattle operation for seven years.  Prior to these roles, Sergio spent 20 years as Vice President with the information technology and services consulting firm, CGI and worked  Read More

Executive Director

June 13, 2023
The Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) cultivates the strategic, equitable, and innovative use of technology in philanthropy. Their work builds knowledge, strengthens networks, and advances the social sector. Under the leadership of Chantal Forster, TAG has built robust partnerships, networks, programming and resources, and a committed membership community that cares deeply about the intersection of tech and philanthropy. As it Read More

Britt Benavidez

June 7, 2023
Britt Benavidez is the Manager of Programs at the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) where she has primary responsibility for NCFP’s monthly webinar series, helps to execute other NCFP signature events, and provides support for other program-related functions such as content development for presentations, research for various internal projects, and connecting community members to resources, programs, and peers. Britt’s Read More

Finance and Operations Manager – Philanthropic Foundation

June 6, 2023
Motivated by a keen interest in social, environmental and community issues, the candidate will manage all of the organization’s day-to-day financial operations, including financial reporting, budgeting and auditing requirements, which support the Foundation’s grants operations. They will also support the Executive Director in the oversight of a complex investment portfolio, as well as the operation of the New York office. Read More
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Choosing Effectiveness as a Family

June 6, 2023 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
Effectiveness is a universal aspiration in philanthropy. It is ongoing and iterative, but it begins with making a choice. As our colleagues at the Center for Effective Philanthropy note, effectiveness requires four mutually reinforcing elements: goals, strategies, implementation, and assessment and learning. For family philanthropies, questions of effectiveness go even deeper. How do you build consensus with your family? How Read More
Knowledge Center | Video

The Principles of Effective Family Philanthropy: Relationships

 Effective family philanthropy makes a collective commitment to meaningful societal change. It holds itself accountable to impact as defined by community, and to the proven practices that support it. It is adaptive, evolving with the family and the community or ecosystem within which it operates. It shares or cedes power with different family members and generations, as well as Read More
Knowledge Center | Video

The Principles of Effective Family Philanthropy: Reflection & Learning

 Effective family philanthropy makes a collective commitment to meaningful societal change. It holds itself accountable to impact as defined by community, and to the proven practices that support it. It is adaptive, evolving with the family and the community or ecosystem within which it operates. It shares or cedes power with different family members and generations, as well as Read More
Knowledge Center

The NCFP Guide for Effective Family Philanthropy

June 5, 2023
The NCFP Guide for Effective Family Philanthropy defines effectiveness in the context of family philanthropy and anchors it in four principles—accountability, equity, reflection and learning, and relationships. Through a series of reflection questions and practices families can interrogate their current practices and embrace changes that support more meaningful outcomes. Effectiveness is the culmination of many practices and it is a Read More
Knowledge Center | Video

The Principles of Effective Family Philanthropy: Accountability

 Effective family philanthropy makes a collective commitment to meaningful societal change. It holds itself accountable to impact as defined by community, and to the proven practices that support it. It is adaptive, evolving with the family and the community or ecosystem within which it operates. It shares or cedes power with different family members and generations, as well as Read More