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The Evolution of Family Philanthropy: The David Rockefeller Fund

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August 4, 2020

Maggie McGoldrick

The name Rockefeller often conjures up images of wealth and influence. The founders of Standard Oil and magnates of the banking industry…

Exceptional Times Call for Exceptional Responses

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July 30, 2020

Megan Reilly

The Clowes Fund Executive Committee March and April 2020 were scary days. Most of the country had shut down to stop the spread of the…

For Weissberg Foundation, Trust-Based Philanthropy Starts With Internal Culture-Building

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July 29, 2020

Hanh Le Shaady Salehi

This article was originally published by the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project and is re-posted here with permission. Join us on October 6…

We are Beginning an Overt Shift Towards Equity…and Donors are Joining Us

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July 23, 2020

Sarah Indyk Anita Wesley

Over the past several years, Rose Community Foundation has been on a path of increasingly aligning our work in pursuit of equity and justice…

The COVID-19 Crisis and Possible Futures for Family Philanthropy

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July 22, 2020

Gabriel Kasper Justin Marcoux

Editor’s note: NCFP is pleased to partner with the Monitor Institute of Deloitte on the publication of An Event or an Era? Resources for…

A Conversation with Jaison Morgan of Common Pool

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July 20, 2020

NCFP President and CEO Nick Tedesco recently interviewed Jaison Morgan, Managing Principal and CEO at Common Pool—a platform used to promote…

The Homestead Foundation Moves Boldly and Urgently

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July 14, 2020

Shannon Cofrin Gaggero

We are living through a moment of grand scale reckoning. COVID-19 has disproportionately and negatively impacted the health of Black and…

July 2020: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network

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July 7, 2020

Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their work. This month features updates from the…

#TrustCreatesImpact—Now More Than Ever

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July 1, 2020

Julia Oestreich

In the US, groups like the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project and The Whitman Institute have worked to shift the culture of philanthropy to…

Philanthropy’s Privilege and Rethinking Risk

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June 25, 2020

Leaha Wynn

This article was originally published by the Center for Effective Philanthropy and is re-posted here with permission. Foundations have been…

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