1873 Results for “community”

Nwamaka Agbo
May 6, 2022
Nwamaka is the CEO of the Kataly Foundation and Managing Director of the Restorative Economies Fund. In her roles, Nwamaka collaborates with the Kataly team to lead the foundation’s day to day operations, while holding the community-centered strategy and vision for the Fund. With a background in community organizing, electoral campaigns, policy and advocacy work on racial, social and environmental Read More
Blog | Featured Article

Join us in San Francisco
May 4, 2022 | Cathy Cha, Allison Magee, Kimberly Myers Hewlett
Cathy Cha, Kimberly Myers Hewlett, and Allison Magee are co-chairs of the 2022 Forum advisory committees. Two-plus years into a global pandemic, urgent discussions about climate change, and a long-overdue reckoning with racial inequities are transforming our social norms and society overall. We invite you to embrace family philanthropy’s role as a lever for change and join us in person Read More
Blog | Network News

May 2022: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network
May 4, 2022
Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their work. This month features updates from the Walter & Elise Hass Fund, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Wege Foundation, and Winston Family Foundation. Are you a current Friend or Leadership Circle member of NCFP with an update or good news about your Read More

Cathy Cha
May 4, 2022
Cathy Cha is president & CEO of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. Under her leadership, the Fund is exploring new and innovative approaches to advancing equality and justice so every person has opportunities to thrive and to live life with dignity and hope. Cathy’s path-breaking approach to collaboration among funders, movements, nonprofits, and government has helped spark wide-ranging Read More
Blog | From NCFP

Takeaways Blog on Governance Practices for Better Decision Making
April 29, 2022 | Daria Teutonico
This blog summarizes key notes from our April Fundamentals of Family Philanthropy webinar. Governance practices of philanthropic families are evolving to include more diverse voices and perspectives. Two common pathways that giving families are using to become more informed about the communities they partner with are creating an expert or community advisory committee to guide social impact strategies and decisions, and Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

How the Family Behind a Sportswear Behemoth Is Expanding Its Philanthropy for Rural Communities
April 28, 2022 | Ade Adeniji, Inside Philanthropy
Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on the many forms of family philanthropy, in partnership with the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and produced by Inside Philanthropy’s editorial team. In 1937, Paul Lamfrom fled Nazi Germany and later founded Columbia Hat Company, a modest hat manufacturer in Portland, Oregon. When Paul passed away, the company’s reins Read More

Emily R. Warren Armitano
April 26, 2022
Emily is the Land Conservation and Water Program Officer for the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation in Austin. She is responsible for leading the design of the land and water program strategies and managing a grants portfolio to achieve the foundation’s sustainability goals. Emily joined the foundation in 2019, bringing with her deep experience in community engagement, movement-building, connecting research Read More

Jerry Kenney
April 26, 2022
In the United States and across the globe, Jerry has developed solutions at the intersection of education and economic development within the academic, federal, and non-governmental sectors. Most recently, Jerry coordinated regional and national networks, led program initiatives, and created the essential guide and tools to accelerate the recovery and strengthen the resilience of the early education sector in the Read More

Jason Belinkie
April 26, 2022
Jason is a board member and also serves as Program Director for the Bender Foundation, Inc. in Bethesda, MD focused on the physical, mental, emotional and academic success of youth. In this role Jason works with the foundation staff to engage the board and broader family in both learning and strategy development. Jason is also CEO of Athletes for Hope Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Board Chair Peer Network: Communication Tools to Improve Meetings and Navigate Uncomfortable Conversations
July 21, 2022 | Nancy Murphy, Ann Maddox Utterback
Meeting planning and facilitation are a significant responsibility of the board chair. Do your meetings feel more difficult than they should? Are you avoiding uncomfortable conversations for fear of conflict or straining family connections? Does your board sometimes struggle with making decisions? If so, this conversation is for you. These experiences often result from communication challenges. Learn from JF Maddox Read More

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