Audience: Community Foundations - Page 58

Families Step Up to Meet Economic Crisis

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Joseph Foote

The recession that began in 2008 caused philanthropic assets for most families to decline sharply. Program plans for 2009 and 2010 were disrupted, forcing many philanthropic families to cancel new initiatives, respond to pleas from longstanding grantees about cash shortfalls, and swing rapidly toward support of basic human needs. Families who operate foundations, donor-advised funds, and other formal giving vehicles… Read More

Building Trust to Promote Community Collaboration

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dave Joseph, Elizabeth Jordan

Problems in a community can be hard to solve when the people involved don’t communicate with each other because of their conflicting values across religious, cultural, political, social and other divides. … Read More

Engaging Stakeholders for Better Grantmaking

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Courtney Bourns, Mary Walachy

We hear more and more these days about working with grantees as partners. But how is that really done? And does it truly make the work of your foundation more effective?… Read More

Multi-Generational Philanthropy: Supporting the Next Generation

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Nathan Dungan

Building on his previous seminar on raising socially conscious, financially savvy children amid the mixed signals of consumer culture, Dungan takes the next step of discussing how families then go about teaching the skills that will help young people become successful philanthropists… Read More

Family foundations and advocacy: Making your grant dollars go further

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Abby Levine

Abby Levine reviews the various activities that constitute advocacy and describes why foundation support for advocacy is so important. She explains the legal rules governing such activity, outlining the types of activities family foundations may legally fund and those they may do themselves… Read More

Shaping a Legacy Plan and Working with Your Advisors to Achieve It

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Tracy Gary

Families who think thoughtfully about what they want to achieve with their wealth - either through their foundation, their personal giving or both - and who communicate that clearly to their advisors, will have more success in seeing their legacy fulfilled. Unless you develop a plan and share your vision, your financial advisors may advise you to follow a conservative giving plan that doesn't take into account your capacity to give or desire to go beyond just preserving wealth… Read More

Building the Next Generation of Donors and Doers

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Nathan Dungan

Features a presentation and discussion with Nathan Dungan, Founder and President of Share Save Spend on the habits, priorites, and interested of next generation donors… Read More

How a Family Foundation Employs Shareholder Activism

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Lance Lindblom, Laura Shaffer

The Nathan Cummings Foundation has been consciously following a strategy of attempting to influence the companies in which they are invested around key areas of concern to the Foundation for several years… Read More

How Families with Family Foundations Work with Community Foundations

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Ellen Remmer, Stephen Johnson

Remmer and Johnson present their own experiences and address more generally how this can be an effective partnership - from the perspectives of the family, the family foundation and the community foundation… Read More

Engaging a Philanthropic Family with Many Divergent Interests

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Steve Toben

Stephen Toben, President of the Flora Family Foundation of Menlo Park, California, discusses the role of staff in helping to create a truly meaningful giving experience for philanthropic families. … Read More

Families Step Up to Meet Economic Crisis

Community Foundations

Families Step Up to Meet Economic Crisis

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Joseph Foote

Building Trust to Promote Community Collaboration

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Dave Joseph, Elizabeth Jordan

Engaging Stakeholders for Better Grantmaking

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Courtney Bourns, Mary Walachy

Multi-Generational Philanthropy: Supporting the Next Generation

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Nathan Dungan

Family foundations and advocacy: Making your grant dollars go further

Posted on June 12, 2008 by Abby Levine

Shaping a Legacy Plan and Working with Your Advisors to Achieve It

Posted on May 15, 2008 by Tracy Gary

Building the Next Generation of Donors and Doers

Posted on August 9, 2007 by Nathan Dungan

How a Family Foundation Employs Shareholder Activism

Posted on May 10, 2007 by Lance Lindblom, Laura Shaffer

How Families with Family Foundations Work with Community Foundations

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Ellen Remmer, Stephen Johnson

Engaging a Philanthropic Family with Many Divergent Interests

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Steve Toben

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