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Events & Webinars | Community Conversations

Using an Equity Lens in COVID-19 Response and Recovery
June 25, 2020 | Dennis Quirin, Lori Villarosa, June L. Wilson
The National Center for Family Philanthropy is dedicated to serving families who give and those that work with them. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we are offering conversations on topics of interest to all philanthropic families associated with family foundations, donor-advised funds, family offices, and other philanthropic vehicles. For questions about this series, please contact Jen Crino at jen@ncfp.org. Read More
Blog | Network News

May 2020: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network
May 5, 2020
Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their work. This month features updates from the Bainum Family Foundation, Frey Foundation, Hill-Snowdon Foundation, Roy A. Hunt Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Phillips Family Foundation, Self Family Foundation, Sobrato Family Foundation, Surdna Foundation, Tarsadia Foundation, and Tracy Family Foundation. Are you a current Friend or Leadership Circle member Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Hoffberger Family’s Legacy of Giving is Bound by Two Pandemics
May 5, 2020 | Alison Fass, Amy Segal Shorey
Fourth generation Hoffberger family members gathered in April to begin the final phase of their foundation’s strategic planning process that started nine months ago with GMA Foundations consultant Amy Shorey. The world has changed since then, yet the themes that connect current trustees with previous generations of their family, and with the communities they love, have not. Seven Hoffberger brothers Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Resiliency Starts at Home
May 4, 2020 | Dr. Brittany Kienker
My children are too young to understand COVID-19 or its global impact. All they know is that their mum and dad are at home, working far more hours than usual. When they are older, we will tell them about the COVID-19 pandemic. I hope that we can tell them that we persevered. They can learn about the families that spent Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Edgar Villanueva: ‘The Rainy Day We’ve All Been Thinking About is Here’
April 30, 2020 | Edgar Villanueva, Gail Picco
Editor’s Note: This interview was originally published by The Charity Report and re-posted here with permission.  Gail Picco: How are you doing? Edgar Villanueva: I’m doing okay, all things being considered. I’m in Brooklyn and live about a block from a hospital. It’s just non-stop sirens, and I wonder what’s happening with those people… Gail Picco: The Charity Report launched just as Read More
Blog | Featured Article

Values, Kids, Philanthropy, and COVID-19
April 29, 2020 | Katie Scott
We’re eating more meals together than we ever have before. We are getting to know our neighbors better. We see our child or children more hours of the day, and many of us are fortunate enough to hear the sounds of toys and giggles filling our homes. Ok, while all of these facts are true (and my son is adorable Read More

Allison Hale
April 28, 2020
Allison Hale joined the Greater Houston Community Foundation (GHCF) in 2016 and works as a Senior Associate for the Center for Family Philanthropy. Her time is dedicated to supporting families in their philanthropic journey as well as  leading the Family Giving Circle and overseeing all youth-led programs and activities. Allison sits on the Advisory Council for Generation SERVE, a partner Read More
Events & Webinars | Webinars

Grantmaking Strategies for Family Funders: Supporting Resiliency and Recovery
June 12, 2020 | Orlando Watkins, Diana Scearce, Karen Keating Ansara
The National Center for Family Philanthropy is dedicated to serving families who give and those that work with them. In response to the COVID-19 crisis, we are offering conversations on topics of interest to all philanthropic families associated with family foundations, donor-advised funds, family offices, and other philanthropic vehicles. For questions about this series, please contact Jen Crino at jen.crino@ncfp.org. Read More

Orlando Watkins
April 27, 2020
Orlando C. Watkins is Vice President for Programs at the Boston Foundation, where he oversees a discretionary grants fund of roughly $16 million and leads a Program Department staff of two dozen people who work across five core grant-making impact areas – Education, Health and Wellness, Jobs and Economic Development, Neighborhoods and Housing, and Arts and Culture – and two Read More

Ben McDearmon
April 27, 2020
Ben McDearmon responds to members’ requests for legal analysis and information on a wide range of subjects. He also serves as a legal reviewer for the National Standards for Community Foundations accreditation program and as a contributing editor to Mastering Foundation Law: The Council on Foundations Compendium of Legal Resources. Ben is licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth of Read More

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