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What Makes a Family Foundation CEO an Effective Leader: Insights from William M. Dietel

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October 11, 2019

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of reports on NCFP’s Leadership Symposium for Family Foundation CEOs held March 23-24 in…

Involving Non-Family Members in the Foundation

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October 9, 2019

Editor’s Note: Originally posted to Exponent Philanthropy’s blog. Many of our clients consider whether to involve non-family board members…

Balancing Privilege and Responsibility

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October 7, 2019

Ellie Frey Zagel

Editor’s Note: This blog post originally appeared h ere and on NCFP’s blog in 2018. Balancing privilege with responsibility is no small feat…

Are you or your org guilty of Trickle-Down Community Engagement?

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October 4, 2019

Vu Le

Editor’s Note: This post originally appeared on Vu Le’s Nonprofit AF website and appears as per their crossposting guidelines here. In…

Rural Philanthropy in Canada: 21st Century Strategies Bloom in Canada’s Hinterland

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October 2, 2019

John Lorinc

Editor’s Note: This article, first published in The Philanthropist , is first of a series that will explore rural philanthropy in Canada. A…

Passages: Bridging the Power Divide with Edgar Villanueva

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September 27, 2019

Elaine Gast Fawcett

Editor’s Note: The following is a conversation with Edgar Villanueva, author of Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and…

Exploring the Motivations and Concerns of Younger Donors

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September 24, 2019

Katherine Fox

Most discussions of younger donors tend to focus on how we give—our impact focus, our desire to be involved with the organizations we fund…

Transparency Case Study: Bush Foundation

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September 3, 2019

Elaine Gast Fawcett

Editor’s Note: NCFP’s new guide, Transparency in Family Philanthropy: Opening to the Possibilities , features a collection of five diverse…

Funder Spotlight: Hill-Snowdon Foundation

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August 29, 2019

Editor’s note: This is part of an ongoing series by the Whitman Institute (TWI), featuring foundations that practice trust-based…

An Investment Policy Statement Takes Emotion Off the Table

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August 21, 2019

Brad Norton

We all have emotions and biases. Fear and greed are two of the most powerful emotions and are often a foundation endowment’s worst enemies…

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