August 2025: Network News
NCFP strives to connect its members to resources, best practices, and to peer funders. Network News highlights updates from our members and partners, showcasing accomplishments, new approaches or giving areas, innovative ideas, and staff and board transitions, and more.
We encourage our members and parters to email us with news that you would like to be shared.
Stupski Foundation Accelerates its Spend Down
The Stupski Foundation has long planned to spend down its assets. Recently, the foundation announced that it will accelerate its spending, giving 76 percent of its remaining grants this year, in reponse to increased threats to civil society.
T.L.L. Temple Foundation’s Jerry Neal Kenney Published in Inside Philanthropy
In “The 3 Pillars of a New, Emerging Rural Funding Landscape,” Kenney highlights early signs of progress in rural philanthropy field building and charts a path for the future.
MacArthur Foundation Gives Update After Committing to Increased Payout
MacArthur President John Palfrey shares an update on how the MacArthur Foundation is meeting its commitment to help grantees navigate a crisis in the civil sector. Earlier this year, MacArthur announced it would increase its payout to six percent.
Wallis Annenberg Died at 86
We are saddened that Wallis Anneberg, longtime leader of the Annenberg Foundation, has died at 86. Annenberg, who received the National Humanities Medal in 2024, advocated deeply for the arts and humanities.
Sergio Rodriguez’s Letter to the Editor Published in the Chronicle of Philanthropy
“In my experience, candid, face-to-face conversations among trusted friends or relatives are the best way to encourage greater generosity,” says Rodriguez in “Rich Donors Must Push Each Other to Give More.” Rodriguez is the CEO of the Hector and Gloria Lopez Foundation.
Leonard Tow, Founder of the Tow Foundation, Died at 97
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Leonard Tow. Tow remained was a longtime arts funder, deeply engaged in his family’s foundation, and leaves a lasting legacy of humility and curiosity.