President

February 6, 2024
The Libra Foundation and Tao Rising LLC seek a passionate, relationship-oriented, and values-aligned leader to serve as President. Reporting to the Libra Foundation’s Board of Directors, the President will lead the foundation’s dynamic team as it continues supporting frontline organizations led by marginalized communities of color to transform the criminal justice system and advance environmental, climate, and gender justice. The Read More

Managing Director of Finance and Administration

February 6, 2024
The Managing Director of Finance and Administration will be a strategic thought-partner, collaborating with the president to ensure our financial practices, operational and administrative systems, and policies are what MPN needs now and for future anticipated growth of the organization. The successful candidate will be a hands-on, engaged team member responsible for the following areas: finance and accounting, fiscal sponsorship, Read More
Blog | From NCFP, Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Improving Philanthropic Practice by Prioritizing Reflection & Learning

February 6, 2024 | Emerald Adeyemi, Don Chen
Family philanthropy done well can achieve lasting and meaningful change in the world and within the families themselves. To be effective, NCFP believes funders must employ four principles: accountability, equity, relationships, and reflection and learning. Despite being essential to impactful funding, a commitment to reflection and learning is often the first practice to be left behind when the day-to-day is Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: What Spending Down Well Can Accomplish—Lessons Learned from the Pierce Family Foundation

The Pierce Family Foundation sunsetted at the end of 2023. Why did they decide to spend down? How did they ensure they provided the most impactful support to nonprofits? Join us for a conversation with Laura Jansen, former Director of Programs and Operations at the Pierce Family Foundation, and Denis Pierce, President and Founder of the Foundation, who will share Read More

Program Officer

February 2, 2024
The Ben B. Cheney Foundation is seeking a Program Officer (PO) to work with our team as we support philanthropic efforts across the communities we serve. You will be joining an organization that has a legacy of deep commitment to service and is driven to honor the intent of our founder, Ben B. Cheney, and to continue supporting the communities Read More

Director of Philanthropy

January 31, 2024
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation is seeking a Director of Philanthropy. They will bring vision, creative problem-solving, and entrepreneurial experience to program strategy, development, implementation, and oversight of the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation’s regional youth, arts, and communities portfolio. The Director will bring a point of view while taking in feedback from the board and adjusting as needed Read More

Equity Lead

January 30, 2024
Crown Family Philanthropies seeks its first Equity Lead to ensure the Foundation’s internal operations and grantmaking processes are consistently implemented through an equitable, inclusive framework. About the Equity Lead The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, intercultural awareness, collaboration, and community-building. Significant experience in the non-profit and/or philanthropic sector(s), with particular knowledge of the Chicagoland Read More
Knowledge Center

Effective Family Philanthropy: The Mortimer & Mimi Levitt Foundation

January 29, 2024 | Wendy Paris, Inside Philanthropy
Grand Finale: A Family Foundation Focused on Free Concerts Announces its Spend Down On a warm Sunday in July, about 50 people sat on the grassy lawn under towering evergreens facing the Levitt Pavilion near downtown Los Angeles, listening to the band Los Del Momento play a modern take on Mexican regional Sierreño music. On stage, the sun glinted off Read More
Blog | From NCFP

Preparing for Bold Leadership

January 26, 2024 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
As I look back at the past few years, it’s clear that the challenges we faced as a society and as a sector have been unrelenting. It’s also been a time of great promise. Many families have shifted their philanthropic practices to respond to urgent and entrenched problems. They have taken bigger risks, leaned into trust, listened to communities, and Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Board Chair Peer Network: Leading in Complex Systems

Philanthropy often seeks to change systems that are complex and intersectional. While no one funder can address all of pieces of the system, identifying the right approach for any organization can be a complex process in and of itself. Board chairs are responsible for leading their organizations and families through these processes, balancing internal and external dynamics. Jason Franklin will Read More