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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

Uma Viswanathan
January 19, 2022
Uma Viswanathan is Executive Director of New Pluralists Collaborative, a funder and field collaborative that is strengthening the growing field of funders, practitioners, storytellers, researchers, and innovators who are working together to satisfy our deep cultural hunger to heal our social divisions in ways that honor human dignity, repair harm, foster empathy, and widen our circle of human concern. She brings 15 Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Conversations

Pluralism in Family Philanthropy: Navigating Tensions and Bridging Divides for Impact
March 16, 2022 | Uma Viswanathan, Tegan Acton, Heather Templeton Dill, Brian Hooks, Nicholas A. Tedesco
In an increasingly divisive society, people are facing complex, challenging dialogues around politics, ethics, and social issues, struggling to manage perspectives across the political aisle and facilitate healthy discourse with multiple viewpoints. What is taking place on a macro scale is mirrored within individual families—difficult conversations, distinct political and cultural divides, and in many cases gridlock or an inability to Read More
Blog | From NCFP

Racial Justice in Family Philanthropy: A Conversation Between Nick Tedesco and June Wilson
January 19, 2022 | Nicholas A. Tedesco, June L. Wilson
Prior to Nick Tedesco’s official start as president and CEO of the National Center for Family (NCFP), he attended NCFP’s conference where Edgar Villanueva discussed white supremacy and racism in philanthropy. In a candid conversation with Compton Foundation Executive Director June Wilson, Nick reflects on his reaction to Edgar’s session at the Forum and how that was a catalyst on Read More

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