CEOs and Senior Staff

Philanthropy in Complex Multigenerational Families Report: A Companion Guide

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Wendy R. Ulaszek, Ph.D., Ashley Blanchard

This companion guide to the Philanthropy in Complex, Multigenerational Families: Balancing Individual Preference with Collective Purpose report helps families put the report’s lessons into action. Use this guide to: Assess whether your family operates in an individualistic or collaborative manner. Gauge family members’ interest in and readiness for change. Decide on the right path forward.  … Read More

An Orientation to NCFP: Making the Most of Your Membership

Posted on July 11, 2025 by Sarah Slobodien Dovere, Tess McNair, Britt Benavidez, Jason Born

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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

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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

Attendees sitting at a table at an NCFP event
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

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Supporting Transformative Change: The Fred and Barbara Erb Family Foundation

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Melissa Damaschke, John Erb, Anne Marie Toccket

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

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