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PEAK Grantmaking
April 16, 2021 | PEAK Grantmaking
One of NCFP’s newest Content Partners, PEAK Grantmaking, is a vibrant member-led community of professionals who specialize in grants management for funding organizations. Together, they power knowledge and foster collaboration to advance equitable, effective, and efficient grantmaking practice – transforming how grants get made.  Below you’ll find a selection of their resources. For additional guides and resources, including more how-to Read More
Knowledge Center | Case Study

Case Study: Humility, Modesty, and Curiosity at the Barr Foundation
April 16, 2021 | PEAK Grantmaking
At the Barr Foundation, narrowing the power gap begins with their mission statement and stated values, by thoughtfully focusing on potential, and being a catalyst and steward. “Modesty and humility come from seeing what grantees are doing in the community, and that our role is a helping role: The impact that our grantees are making is what’s most important,” says Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Family Philanthropy Speaks: A Conversation with Kimberly Myers Hewlett
April 6, 2021 | Nicholas A. Tedesco, Kimberly Myers Hewlett
Kimberly Myers Hewlett is steeped in philanthropy and brings a variety of perspectives and experiences to her work. She is president of the Myers Family Foundation, a director of the Flora Family Foundation, and chair of the NCFP board. She is also the senior vice president for donor engagement at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. In this Family Philanthropy Speaks Read More

Tina Runyan
April 5, 2021
Christine Runyan is a clinical health psychologist, Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the Co-Founder of Tend Health. After starting her career as a psychologist in the US Air Force, she focused her research, clinical service, and teaching in family medicine and on promoting models of integrated primary Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Going Beyond the Private Foundation: An Exploration of Vehicles
April 1, 2021 | Jen Crino
Courtesy of Pixbay on Pexels Donors have an array of options when it comes to selecting a giving vehicle(s). Vehicles offer a range of tools, decision-making structures, and approaches to achieve impact. While philanthropy traditionally showed up as grantmaking through two main entities, the private foundation and the donor-advised fund, a number of alternate and uniquely impactful vehicles have gained Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Conversations

Leaning into Racial Justice with the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund
April 22, 2021 | Carra Cote-Ackah, Kaitlin Miles, Nicholas A. Tedesco, Don Chen
Amid a national reckoning with race and the pandemic, foundations are leaning into racial justice like never before. Yet many foundations are grappling with how to fund racial equity and the best way forward for their institution and grantees. In this Community Conversation, the Surdna Foundation and Andrus Family Fund will explore their decision to increase funding for racial justice, Read More

Carra Cote-Ackah
March 29, 2021
Carra Cote-Ackah, a fifth generation Andrus family member, is Chairperson of the Surdna Board of Directors. She joined the board in 2011 and served as Vice Chairperson for four years. She also served on the Andrus Family Fund board for six years, the last two as board chair. Presently Carra is the President of the Vanguard Group Foundation and Executive Read More

Mayor Eric Garcetti
March 26, 2021
Eric Garcetti is a fourth-generation Angeleno and the 42nd Mayor of Los Angeles. Born and raised in the San Fernando Valley — the son of public servants and the grandson and great-grandson of immigrants from Mexico and Eastern Europe — Mayor Garcetti’s life has been shaped by a deep commitment to the core values of justice, dignity, and equality for Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Leaning Into Fundamental And Unexpected Shifts In Our Relational Reparations Sisterhood [Part 3]
March 24, 2021 | LeAnne Moss, Candace Tkachuck, June L. Wilson
This article was originally published by Giving Compass and is re-posted here with permission. This is part two in a four-part series. Read part one here and part two here. “The most important journey you will ever take is from your head to your heart.”  —Anonymous When our group of 13 women came together in 2019 to imagine a future where affluent individuals “returned” a portion Read More

Shawn Escoffery
March 23, 2021
Shawn Escoffery is the Executive Director of the Roy and Patricia Disney Family Foundation, where he leads a team committed to social justice and addressing the historical inequities that plague many lower-income communities. Since joining the Foundation 2018, Shawn has led the organization through a strategy revisioning process, created a fellowship for someone who was formerly impacted by the Justice Read More

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