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Trends 2020: Board Learning & Decision Making
November 19, 2020
This excerpt from NCFP’s Trends 2020 study shares data and analysis regarding various US family foundation giving trends, including board activity, foundations as learning institutions, development of new ideas, and much more. Family foundation board members must allocate time and identify ways to track and acquire the information they need to serve as effective fiduciaries for the organization. This section explores the Read More
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Trends 2020: Foundation Identity
November 19, 2020
This excerpt from NCFP’s Trends 2020 study shares data and analysis regarding various US family foundation giving trends, focus of the foundation, family member dynamics, operational effectiveness, and much more. Size and Scope By conservative estimates, family foundations represent more than 60% of the approximately 90,000 grantmaking foundations in the country; there are more family foundations than all other forms combined in Read More
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Trends 2020: Founder Involvement, Intent, & Perspectives
November 19, 2020
This excerpt from NCFP’s Trends 2020 study shares data and analysis regarding various US family foundation giving trends, including adherence to founder intent, founder’s perspective on family dynamics, founder involvement, and much more. Founder Involvement Founders remain actively involved in most family foundations, yet this has declined somewhat since 2015, from 64% to 56%. Founder involvement is low among family foundations formed Read More
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Trends 2020: Study Methodology and Key Findings
November 19, 2020
This excerpt from NCFP’s Trends 2020 study shares data and analysis regarding various US family foundation giving trends, including foundation effectiveness, impact investing and payout, engaging the next-gen, and much more. Study Methodology NCFP engaged Phoenix Marketing International (“Phoenix”) to design and conduct a nationally representative survey of family foundations, with oversight by a diverse advisory committee of knowledgeable practitioners. NCFP and Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

A Letter to Foundation Trustees: 5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Show Up For Racial Justice
November 19, 2020 | Andrus Family Fund
This article was originally published by the Andrus Family Fund and is re-posted here with permission. The year 2020 holds challenges for us all—a triple-layered challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic, the police killings and resulting uprisings calling out racial injustice and an economic recession. The upcoming shift in the political landscape provides hope, but the election also highlighted a known rift Read More
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Our Values in Action: A Look Inside the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize
November 17, 2020 | Peter Laugharn, Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
Homeboy Industries is a unique place where former gang members are able to experience healing from their violent pasts within the context of kinship. It is a place of hope where work therapy, mentorship, education, tattoo removal and many other vital re-entry services are offered so people can have a second chance at life. “We used to be worst enemies Read More
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Adapt and Reimagine: The Anti-pivot
November 12, 2020 | Sammie Holzwarth
2020 has felt like one big “pivot.” We’ve shifted how we get groceries, teach students, onboard new team members, and even how we make an impact on our communities. In times of constant change and uncertainty, it is necessary and natural to shift and change. But, these quick pivots are often reactionary and can have unintended consequences. How can you Read More
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Current Giving Landscape Calls Attention to Emergent Donor Behavior
November 10, 2020 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
Over the course of the last year, the world has witnessed unprecedented challenges—the unexpected presence of a devastating pandemic, growing awareness of longstanding racism and pervasive systemic inequality, and a movement to restore democracy. We are in a season of change…and philanthropy is not exempt. When donors were called to action in March, many responded without hesitation, shedding old patterns Read More

Erin Hogan
November 6, 2020
Erin Hogan is a Managing Director and Philanthropic Market Executive for Bank of America’ Philanthropic Solutions business. With 20 years’ experience in the philanthropic and nonprofit sector, Erin oversees the regional philanthropic business across numerous markets, working closely with philanthropic individuals and families,  private foundations and nonprofit institutions on all aspects of giving. Prior to joining Bank of America, Erin Read More

Shirley McLaughlin
November 6, 2020
Shirley McLaughlin is an Associate at Adler & Colvin where she specializes in Formation and Tax-Exempt Status, Public Charities, Private Foundations, Grantmaking and Social Investing, Social Enterprise, Nonprofit Structures, Relationships and Affiliations, and International Charitable Transactions and Operations. Prior to joining Adler & Colvin, Ms. McLaughlin spent four years as a Director of Grants Administration for two of the largest Read More

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