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
Blog | From NCFP

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
Knowledge Center | Video

The Principles of Effective Family Philanthropy: Equity

 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 | Article

Effective Family Philanthropy: The Eisner Foundation

The Intergenerational Philanthropy of the Eisner Foundation If there were a Disney film about family philanthropy, it might open with a scene from Michael Eisner’s childhood. The L.A.-based philanthropist, former chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company and former head of Paramount Studios before that, grew up sitting in on conversations about family giving during Thanksgiving in Vermont. After Read More