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Family Philanthropy Speaks: A Conversation with Carrie Avery

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January 11, 2021

Carrie Avery Nicholas A. Tedesco

Carrie Avery, chair of the Durfee Foundation board and former chair of the NCFP board, never imagined she would be leading her family’s…

Reflections from the Spend Down of the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation

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January 7, 2021

Lauren B. Dachs

Courtesy of Jonathan Petersson from Pexels Excerpted from Spending down: Laurie Dachs answers questions for family philanthropies What was…

Four Ways Values Inspire and Ground Our Grantmaking

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January 5, 2021

Katherine Lorenz

One reason many families create foundations is to pass down philanthropic values through the generations. My grandparents founded the…

The Secret to Making Decisions in Times of Crisis

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December 29, 2020

Carrie Avery

This article was originally published by the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project and is re-posted here with permission. The global pandemic has…

Ask NCFP: Grant Management Systems

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December 28, 2020

Katie Scott

Despite the upheaval COVID-19 has caused, many foundations are finding time to revisit their strategies, systems, and tools. Several funders…

Takeaways from Engaging Youth Peer Network: Supporting Youth Givers Across Ages

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December 23, 2020

Maya Diggs

During the final Engaging Youth Peer Network event of 2020, participants had the opportunity to hear about a variety of strategies for…

A Preponderance of Joy

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December 22, 2020

Heather Larson

This holiday season, there are many who feel the weight of the year. There has been so much hardship, sickness, and struggle. In the midst…

Using Jewish Wisdom to Address Universal Human Questions in Times of Crisis

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December 21, 2020

Aaron Dorfman

One of the universally shared features of our lives over the last few months has been a distorted experience of time: a toggling between a…

A Season of Change

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December 17, 2020

Nicholas A. Tedesco

One year ago, I joined the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) as its second president and chief executive officer. On my first…

Democratizing Family Philanthropy: Shifting Practice to Share Power

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December 16, 2020

Nadia Roumani Rob Reich Ayushi Vig Mohit Mookim

“Nothing about us without us,” is commonly used by community activists when speaking about the changes they want to see in their communities…

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