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Laying the Foundation Part Three: Aligning Your Vehicles with Your Values

Posted on November 19, 2024

What philanthropic vehicles are available to family philanthropies? Which are best suited to support your mission and goals, and what is the value of employing multiple vehicles?   In this session we will discuss the benefits (and limitations), flexibility, and potential impact of each vehicle. Through examples from other funders, learn about how to align your philanthropic vehicle with your family’s… Read More

Laying the Foundation Part One: Defining Family and Its Role

Posted on November 19, 2024

Join us as we explore fundamental questions in the context of family philanthropy: “Who is considered family?” and “What is the role of family in family philanthropy?”   As family philanthropies evolve, choosing how to define family—whether it includes lineal descendants or extends to spouses, chosen family, or others—is essential.  Families must also decide how and when to include community voices… Read More

Trends in Family Philanthropy 2025 Report: Exploring the Main Findings

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Miki Akimoto, Nicholas A. Tedesco

What does the family philanthropy landscape look like? How has it changed across the last decade, and what do those changes mean for the field? Join us as we discuss the findings of the Trends in Family Philanthropy 2025 report. We will explore: The changes in philanthropic focus for many family philanthropies How grantmaking practices are evolving, and whether community… Read More

Meaningfully Engaging Next-Generation Adults in Your Family Philanthropy

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Jenna Mulhall-Brereton, Cara Binder-Kopchick, Theo Avery, Nicholas A. Tedesco, Kelly D. Nowlin

The guide During this session Cara Binder-Kopchick, along with Theo Avery, Jenna Mulhall-Brereton, and Kelly Nowlin discussed guide’s critical points and shared their own experiences with navigating next-generation transitions. The guide has now been published and is available to read here. 🔑 Key Moments from the Webinar 2:00 Context from NCFP on how our network is grappling with multigenerational engagement… Read More

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Strengthening Nonprofits Through Capacity-Building Support—Lessons Learned from the Cedarmere Foundation’s Spenddown Journey

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Melanie Matthews, Kate Ritter Repen, Anne Marie Toccket, Priscilla Enriquez, Kathy Edwards

The trustees of the Cedarmere Foundation decided to spend down their endowment in order to invest in the capacity building of organizations and initiatives that sustain and strengthen the nonprofit sector in Washington State. Since then, the foundation has focused on: Investing in the development, support, and sustainability of nonprofit leadership Sharing what is learned with philanthropic partners and nonprofit… Read More

Community Foundation Network Resource and Tool Exchange: How Does Your Philanthropic Advising Team Do That?

Posted on February 26, 2024

What tools and resources do other community foundations use in their philanthropic advising? What facilitation techniques do they use? How are they marketing their services? One of the takeaways from this year’s Community Foundations Network Workshop was that members want to share the resources that they use in their philanthropic advising work with colleagues at other community foundations. By sharing what works… Read More

Community Foundations Topical Call: Impact Investing: What Community Foundations Need to Know

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Stephanie Gripne, Casey Shultz, Renee Ferrufino

How can community foundations use impact investing strategies to amplify their mission and create change within their communities? Join Dr. Stephanie Gripne, CEO of the Impact Finance Center (IFC), for an introduction to: impact investing, financial innovation, and full spectrum capital. Discover how IFC supported community foundations in identifying impact investment opportunities within their grant portfolios and donor advised funds using… Read More

Community Foundations Topical Call: Telling the Story of your Community Foundation’s Philanthropic Services

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Nicolette Rea, Karen Hrdlicka, Tracy Burt, Jennifer Olson Curry

Community foundations have been serving giving families for many decades. Recently more and more community foundations have been re-examining how they are promoting the philanthropic services they offer to donor families. How have community foundations successfully marketed their services to encourage families to partner with them on their philanthropy? What are the changes that some community foundations have made that… Read More

Community Foundations Topical Call: Helping Donor Families Support Efforts to Strengthen Democracy and Increase Civic Engagement

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Ray Barrie-Kivel, Judy Altenberg, Kelly D. Nowlin

The United States is navigating a critical moment in our history as core principles and structures of democracy are under attack. The hyperpolarization of public discourse leaves smaller ground for effective policy formation on any issue. At the same time, however, there are movements across the country that are working to bridge divides, shore up and strengthen justice and equity… Read More

Community Foundations Topical Call: Playing Multiple Roles as a Philanthropic Advisor

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Daria Teutonico, Tony Macklin

As philanthropic services staff at community foundations, we’re called to play many, sometimes conflicting roles: order taker, steward, expert consultant, facilitator, influencer, salesperson, consigliere, and more. How can we effectively clarify and balance the expectations of these roles within and across the families we support? Can we be trusted advisors while influencing families’ giving in ways that align with our… Read More

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