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April 2020: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network
April 5, 2020
Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their cutting edge work. This month features updates from the Bainum Family Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation, Heising-Simons Foundation, The Libra Foundation, Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Pew Charitable Trusts, Self Family Foundation, and Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund. Are you a current Friend or Leadership Circle member Read More
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NCFP Signs Joint Statement Promoting Greater Payout
April 2, 2020 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
Dear Community Members, It has been said many times and will continue to be said: this is a challenging time. Communities are in crisis, nonprofits are at risk, and markets are struggling. But, philanthropy was built for moments like these—ones that require a nimble response and compassionate heart. Accordingly, many donors are embracing this opportunity to mobilize resources to address Read More

Stephanie Powers
April 1, 2020
Stephanie Powers is the Senior Advisor for Public Policy & Partnerships managing public-philanthropic partnerships in the Council on Foundations’ Department of Public Policy and Government Relations. The public partnership portfolio compliments the Council’s long standing work as the policy voice for philanthropy to the Legislative Branch and ensures that philanthropy has a voice within the Executive branch as well.  In Read More
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COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funds
March 31, 2020 | Giving Compass, National Center for Family Philanthropy
Compiled in partnership with Giving Compass, these funds include a social justice lens and/or community-based focus, but we are also including select strategic response funds. Basic due diligence has been conducted on the listed funds confirming charitable status and good financial status; however, we recommend that all grantors conduct independent due diligence and/or consult with legal counsel prior to initiating Read More
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Rapid Response Funding Partnerships in the Fight Against SARS-CoV-2
March 31, 2020 | Will Fitzpatrick
As the coronavirus pandemic intensifies, philanthropists are struggling to respond. Nearly the entire world suddenly has the same urgent needs: more and better diagnostic testing, personal protective and respiratory equipment, food supply support, and small business support, to name a critical few. At the same time, we are beginning to see huge systemic flaws in our national and global healthcare system Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Philanthropy Needs a New Playbook to Fund Systems Change
March 30, 2020 | Michael Zakaras, Manmeet Mehta
We are living through an unprecedented, generation-defining moment, full of uncertainty and pain. Naturally, all of us—perhaps especially in philanthropy—are asking ourselves what we can do today to meet an urgent need. But the coronavirus pandemic also underscores the failures of systems—from healthcare to social welfare to wage inequality and food insecurity—that exacerbate the crisis. As we rebuild, we should Read More

Sutton Mora Hayes
March 24, 2020
Sutton Mora Hayes is the Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer at The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis. Read More

Andrea Minadakis
March 24, 2020
Andrea Minadakis is Grants Manager at the Marin Community Foundation in Novato, California. Read More

Alix Derby Salkin
March 24, 2020
Alix Derby Salkin is Vice President for Philanthropic Partnerships at the Marin Community Foundation in Novato, California. Read More

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