Blog | Featured Article

Tell Me Anything: Advice for Funders Seeking to Become Active Listeners

May 21, 2020 | Maggie McGoldrick
Active and open listening to grantee communities is not an entirely new topic for the philanthropic sector. Many funders have acknowledged the power dynamics inherent in their role, and as philanthropy evolves, there has been a shift towards greater transparency, deeper relationship-building between funders and grantees, and more grantee-focused funding practices. Groups like the Fund for Shared Insight and the Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Four Questions to Get Maximum Impact During This Crisis

May 20, 2020 | Kris Putnam-Walkerly
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published by Putnam Consulting Group and is re-posted here with permission. You’re just the philanthropic leader we need. If you are like most funders or philanthropy-serving organizations, in the past couple of months you’ve done one of two things: You jumped into action, heroically extending or eliminating grant deadlines, providing additional funding without applications, Read More

Eesha Vettical

May 19, 2020
Eesha Vettical is a youth leader at the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Eesha is finishing up her sophomore year at Lamar High School. Read More

Caroline Kuebler

May 19, 2020
Caroline Kuebler is the Director of Development at the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, the largest charitable grant-maker in the Mid-South with grants of more than $163 million last year. The Community Foundation’s mission is to strengthen the community through philanthropy by managing charitable funds, addressing the needs of the community and encouraging the growth of charitable resources. In her Read More

Bob Fockler

May 19, 2020
Bob Fockler is President of the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis, a public foundation which annually assists individuals, families and corporations in making their charitable giving simpler and more powerful. Through the generosity of its donors, the Community Foundation last year granted $163 million to almost 1,900 nonprofit organizations in the Mid-South and throughout the nation. Bob brings to the Read More
Events & Webinars

Southern California Grantmakers 2020 Family Philanthropy Virtual Town Hall

June 3, 2020 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
NCFP President and CEO Nick Tedesco will be speaking at Southern California Grantmakers’ 2020 Family Philanthropy Virtual Town Hall. Never in recent history has philanthropy been called upon to respond so urgently to our communities in crisis. When facing incredible challenges, family philanthropy has boldly held to their values and acted with vigor. The scale of the current pandemic has Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Accelerating Change: A Model for a Funding Response to COVID-19

May 12, 2020 | Marsha Davis
Like many of you, our fund has been rocked by this global pandemic. At The Tzedek Social Justice Fund (formerly known as the Amy Mandel and Katina Rodis Fund), our staff are juggling the lack of childcare and the time-consuming, sometimes traumatizing, preparation to protect the lives of the vulnerable individuals in our families. But organizationally what we hold is Read More

Tony Mestres

May 8, 2020
Tony Mestres is the President and CEO of Seattle Foundation, one of the largest community foundations in the country and one of the largest grantmakers in the Pacific Northwest. Founded in 1946, Seattle Foundation ignites powerful, rewarding philanthropy to make Greater Seattle a stronger, more vibrant community for all. Under Tony’s leadership, Seattle Foundation has redefined its role as a Read More

Stephanie Swanson

May 8, 2020
Stephanie Swanson is the Vice President of Communications at the Oregon Community Foundation. Stephanie directs brand, marketing and communications for OCF — leading a team in awareness-raising around the impactful power of philanthropy to change lives. As an optimistic change agent in a career spanning nearly 30 years, Stephanie has worked directly in government, business, media and nonprofit organizations and Read More

Jordan Park Group

May 7, 2020
Jordan Park is a multi-family office empowering a distinct community to impact the world. Our mission is to enhance lives and legacies. Our team is comprised of empathetic problem solvers committed to serving clients at the highest level of partnership. Read More