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Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Family Philanthropy Services Survey Results
July 13, 2021 | Tony Macklin
How do community foundations structure their philanthropic services and specialized services for generous families? What revenue streams do they receive? Where do they see demand for services growing now and in the future? NCFP’s Senior Program Consultant, Tony Macklin, CAP®, will discuss the results of the business model survey that community foundations are completing in May and June. The results Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundation Spark Session: Advising Business-owning Families
September 14, 2021 | Maeve Miccio, Lisa Jolley, Wendy R. Ulaszek, Ph.D.
Business-owning families are an important customer for community foundations. Compared to non-entrepreneurs, business founders give and volunteer more, tend to see philanthropy as a more important to their lives, and tend to ask more sophisticated philanthropic planning questions. How can community foundations better support those founders in developing plans for meaningful, effective philanthropy in both their families and their businesses? Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Using Strategic Planning to Foster Collaborative Community Social Impact
April 14, 2021 | Christine Koehn
Courtesy of Leah Kelley from Pexels While COVID has brought to the forefront the challenges that students face with getting a quality education, many students have struggled to get the supports they need to succeed in school for years. As the executive director of a family foundation focused on supporting efforts that promote educational, career, and life success, I have Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

2021 Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network Workshop
June 29, 2021 | Piyush Tantia, Sarah Welch
This workshop, exclusively available for members of NCFP’s Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network, is an excellent opportunity to learn from your peers and build professional skills! Network members may register up to five staff member attendees at no cost. The workshop will feature insights on navigating tough conversations with donor families (including those about race and equity) and peer learning Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Effective Governance
May 18, 2021 | Virginia M. Esposito
Governance is defined as an agreed-upon process based on common values for collective communication and decision making. It is designed to serve both current and future generations. Good governance is a critical component of a successful family philanthropy effort. Listen to the April 8, 2021 Fundamentals of Family Philanthropy webinar, Effective Governance: Principles, Policies, and Practices. Follow up the webinar with Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Racial and Social Justice Resource Sharing
April 13, 2021 | J.M. Johnson, Mary Kay Mark, Beth Harper Briglia
How are you supporting the racial and social justice learning journey for your staff, donors, or community? Join three of your fellow community foundation leaders to hear how they are having equity discussions both internally and with donors. Come prepared to learn about new resources and bring your own to share. We encourage you to join via computer so we Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: CAP Study Groups
March 9, 2021 | Michelle Arndt, Dien Yuen, JD/LLM, CAP®, AEP®,, Caroline Kuebler
As a strategy for growth and increased impact, community foundations have long been supporting and convening professional advisors. The Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) study groups have been an important forum for foundations to build philanthropic planning education in community. How are community foundation peers supporting advisors and growing philanthropy locally? Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Improving and Re-Envisioning Donor Experience
January 12, 2021
Have you re-envisioned your client experience? Gather with your peers to dive deeper into the recent Community Foundation Workshop presentation by Julie Littlechild, “How Client Engagement is Being Disrupted.” Building off of Julie’s workbook, we will discuss how to move from satisfaction to engagement. Prepare to better support your donors at each stage of their journey. If you missed the Read More
Knowledge Center | Report

Trends 2020: Community Interaction & Communication
November 19, 2020
This excerpt from NCFP’s Trends 2020 study shares data and analysis regarding various US family foundation giving trends, including external communications, communications tools, outside perspectives, and much more. Increasingly, family foundations are finding new ways to communicate and engage with the communities they support. Many families are also considering the benefits of being more transparent with their philanthropy, but others feel that Read More
Knowledge Center | Case Study

Community-Centric Youth Philanthropy: A Case Study of Greater Worcester Community Foundation’s Youth for Community Improvement Program
November 9, 2020 | Sheryl Seller, The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy
This case study aims to demonstrate how youth philanthropy can be an avenue to democratize philanthropy while it simultaneously benefits young people. We invite readers to explore Youth for Community Improvement, a youth grantmaking program at Greater Worcester Community Foundation, from the vantage points of young people who participate in the program and their adult supporters. Read More

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