Knowledge Center | Report

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
Blog | Voices from the Field

Our Values in Action: A Look Inside the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize

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
Blog | Voices from the Field

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
Blog | From NCFP

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
Events & Webinars

Commonfund Webinar: Meeting the Moment: Understanding the Implications of Increased Spending Today

November 18, 2020 | CommonFund
COVID-19 and the consequential social and economic impacts, national protests responding to racism and police brutality, wildfires ravaging the west coast, these are just a few of the many urgent challenges facing the country and the world at this moment. Whatever your foundation’s mission, it is being influenced by these and many other challenges. Please join us for this important Read More
Blog | Featured Article

Lessons for Family Foundation Board Chairs from the 2020 Trustee Education Institute

October 30, 2020 | Tony Macklin
  During NCFP’s recent Trustee Education Institute (TEI), I heard a recurring theme especially applicable to current and future board chairs of family foundations: effective governance of a family foundation takes more work than you’re typically prepared for.  All board members have a responsibility for effective governance. But the board chair is tasked with helping clarify the board’s roles and Read More
Knowledge Center | Report

New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operating Support

New Attitudes, Old Practices: The Provision of Multiyear General Operating Support examines the state of practice in philanthropy regarding multiyear GOS. Findings of this study reveal a sobering disconnect between attitudes of foundation leaders and the experience of nonprofits, as well as a similar disconnect between the attitudes of foundation CEOs themselves and their foundations’ practices. Findings in the report are Read More