Sharing Power with Communities: A Field Guide
Posted on August 1, 2025
This field guide offers practical tips and examples to help you authentically engage and share power with the communities most impacted by your work… Read More
CEOs and Senior Staff
Spend Down Timeline (Kolibri Foundation, 2017 to 2027)
Posted on August 1, 2025
The ten year timeline for the Kolibri Foundation's spend down process… Read More
Investing in Capacity Building: Lessons from the Cedarmere Foundation
Posted on July 29, 2025 by Kathy Edwards
This legacy document from the Cedarmere Foundation is designed to inspire other funders to add dollars designated for capacity building to their general operating grants… Read More
An Orientation to NCFP: Making the Most of Your Membership
Posted on July 11, 2025 by Kara Chisholm, Sarah Slobodien Dovere, Tess McNair, Sokol Shtylla, Jason Born
Whether your organization is a new member of NCFP, you’ve recently joined your team, or you want a refresher on NCFP’s offerings, please join us for this orientation to learn how to make the most of your membership. You’ll hear about how NCFP can help you navigate your philanthropy through our programs, services, and customized support. Learn more about NCFP’s… Read More
Impact Investing for Advanced Practitioners Peer Network: Supporting the Ownership Economy
Posted on May 21, 2025
In this session we will discuss experiences and opportunities for investing in real assets—such as affordable housing and sustainable land ownership—as part of a foundation’s impact investment portfolio. More details about this session are forthcoming. If you are not yet a member of the Impact Investing for Advanced Practitioners Peer Network, you may join and be notified about upcoming network… Read More
Impact Investing for Advanced Practitioners Peer Network: Building the Right Team with Values-Aligned Advisors
Posted on May 21, 2025 by Kate Simpson
Many funders struggle with the process of identifying values-aligned investment advisors who have the experience and skills required to advance the foundation’s impact vision and strategy. Drawing on her experience partnering with philanthropic networks, Kate Simpson, co-founder of ValuesAdvisor, will share practical approaches and tips for vetting advisors, asking the right questions, and building a values-aligned partnership between your philanthropic… Read More
An Orientation to NCFP: Making the Most of Your Membership
Posted on May 2, 2025 by Sarah Slobodien Dovere, Tess McNair, Daria Teutonico, Nicholas A. Tedesco, Jason Born
Whether your organization is a new member of NCFP, you’ve recently joined your team, or you want a refresher on NCFP’s offerings, please join us for this orientation to learn how to make the most of your membership. You’ll hear about how NCFP can help you navigate your philanthropy through our programs, services, and customized support. Learn more about NCFP’s… Read More
Save the Date: Fourth Quarter Strategic Lifespan Peer Network
Posted on March 12, 2025
Driven by a desire to address urgent needs and create lasting change in a shorter time frame, the Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation decided in 2022 to spend down its assets by 2034. Join Board Chair John Erb and President Melissa Damaschke to hear what they have learned from the first three years into their 12-year sunset process. Learn… Read More
Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: How Limited Life Foundations Are Responding to Today’s Philanthropic Landscape
Posted on March 12, 2025 by Kate Ritter Repen, Anne Marie Toccket, Priscilla Enriquez
Reductions in federal funding and social services have created immense challenges for the nonprofit sector. How are limited life foundations, and those considering spending down, responding? Have foundations reconsidered their grantmaking strategies or adjusted other core practices? For those already on the path to spend down, has the current situation affected their spend down timeline or process? Learn from the… Read More
Impact Investing for Advanced Practitioners Peer Network
Posted on March 7, 2025 by Kathleen Simpson, Stacey Faella
The Impact Investing for Advanced Practitioners Peer Network provides a space for collaborative learning, sharing of investment opportunities, and consultation on challenges, helping members navigate the complexities of aligning investments with mission-driven goals. Join us for the inaugural session to meet peers who are also actively engaged in impact investing, learn more about the network, and discuss future topics. If… Read More