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Blog | Voices from the Field

Using Research and Advocacy to Engage with National Policy
February 11, 2022 | Abigail Seldin
At the Seldin/Haring-Smith Foundation (SHSF), we invest in solutions that expand equitable access to public services and support accountability for abuse of authority. As a small, family foundation with an annual budget of less than $1 million, we look for high-risk, high-impact opportunities to change the public conversation around a particular issue – or drive policy change. Advocacy, research, tech, Read More

Abigail Seldin
February 11, 2022
At SHSF, Seldin directed the creation of the SHSF Public Transit Map, which assessed public transit accessibility at community colleges across the United States and inspired the bipartisan PATH to College Act. Seldin is the co-author of SHSF’s report “Sex Trafficking in State-Authorized Massage Schools: A Case Study,” which was featured on the front page of USA Today and prompted Read More

Melinda Mosier
February 10, 2022
Melinda Mosier has been with the NH Charitable Foundation since 2008. She held the role of senior program officer and lead staff for the Monadnock Region for eight years specializing in stewardship and philanthropic planning before being appointed Director of Donor Services in 2016. As Director of Donor Services, Melinda oversees the staff and processes that support the donor experience Read More

Kim Montez
February 10, 2022
Kim joined The Dallas Foundation in 2017 and serves as the Director of Gift Planning and Family Philanthropy. In her role, she works with individuals, families, and professional advisors to align charitable resources with family values and help create charitable giving plans that achieve maximum impact and meaning. She is dedicated to helping families identify their motivations and values and Read More

Marcia Coné
February 7, 2022
For nearly three decades, Marcia has worked in partnership with NGOs, Philanthropy, PSOs, and Grassroots and Grasstops leaders to shift the paradigm and create cultures where intersectional equity is at the center. She brings a depth and breadth of experience that fuels her passion for moving the philanthropic sector away from a traditional framework towards bold philanthropy that is a catalyst for Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Spending Up, Committing to Increased Assets for Increased Impact
March 29, 2022 | Colleen O’Keefe, Pat Sauer
How are you thinking about your foundation’s assets, the challenges and inequities in our world, and supporting timely problems? In 2021, the Sauer Foundation shared, “the assets of the foundation would increase from $28 million to $100 million, and that amount would be invested in the community over the next 10 years.” This foundation’s gift to spend up and make Read More

Pat Sauer
February 4, 2022
Patricia Sauer and her husband Gary created the Sauer Family Foundation in 1996 to invest in strengthening the well-being of children so they thrive in their families and communities.  Pat has served as Chair of the Board for most of the 25 years.  Pat & Gary have four adult children and nine grandchildren, who have all been involved with the Read More
Blog | Network News

February 2022: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network
February 2, 2022
Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their work. This month features updates from the Flora Family Foundation, Grunin Foundation, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, George and Cynthia Mitchell Foundation, David and Lucile Packard Foundation, and Panta Rhea Foundation.  Are you a current Friend or Leadership Circle member of Read More
Blog | From NCFP

Lead and Give with Bravery and Humility
February 1, 2022 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
Society is calling leaders to action: demanding fundamental changes in our mindsets, how we operate, and what we pursue. Responding to the call requires us to step into unknown spaces and discomfort and to go beyond platitudes and statements of support. The bold step into action challenges us to be brave, vulnerable, and humble. Leadership is hard. It is messy. Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

How Multiple Generations of the Disney Family Come Together to Fund Social Justice in LA and Beyond
January 21, 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. It all began at Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio in October 1923. Here, bright young cartoonist Walt Disney and his older brother Roy O. Disney established the upstart Read More

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