20 Results for “strategic lifespan peer network” in Events

Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Participatory Grantmaking
July 14, 2021 | Ibrahima Thiam, Lynda Mansson
How can we shift power and engage others in our decision-making process? How can we listen more effectively and support collaboration in our grantmaking? Join this important conversation with MAVA Foundation Director General Lynda Mansson and Ibrahima Thiam, executive director of Wetlands International Africa and a MAVA partner. They will be discuss how MAVA, a spend down foundation, has embraced Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Using Systems to Achieve Sustainable Success
April 28, 2021 | Brian Collier, David Peter Stroh
Why do social systems resist our best intentions to improve their performance? How can you use systems thinking to achieve sustainable system-wide impact by taking both the short and long term consequences of your decisions into account? Join field expert David Peter Stroh for a conversation with Brian Collier, Executive Vice President of the Foundation for the Carolinas. Brian has Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: A Conversation with the Hazen Foundation
January 25, 2021 | Cristina Jiménez, Lori Bezahler
Join President Lori Bezahler and Board Chair Cristina Jiménez from the Edward W. Hazen Foundation, a private foundation established in 1925 that is committed to supporting organizing and leadership of young people and communities of color in dismantling structural inequity based on race and class. Learn from the board and staff of this spend down foundation committed to equity and Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Learning from the Pascale Sykes Foundation
September 9, 2020 | Frances P. Sykes
The Pascale Sykes Foundation is in the process of spending its assets by 2022 or 2023. President Frances Sykes will discuss their spend down decision and answer questions about this experience. Get to know Frances and the Pascale Sykes Foundation through this real-life example and family member perspective. As a reminder, our Peer Network events are not recorded. Come ready to Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Discussions with Boards and Senior Staff—A Dialogue with David La Piana
June 2, 2020 | David La Piana
Consultants are often brought to the table to help board and staff make critical decisions and to lend expertise as external voices in the process. Consultant David La Piana has worked with many spend down foundations about their own strategic decisions within the organization. Join David to hear experiences of foundations across the field and to learn about working closely Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Learning from The John Merck Fund
February 26, 2020 | Olivia H. Farr, Barbara Kibbe, Lois Mitchell
The John Merck Fund decided to spend all of its assets by 2022 in order to make the greatest possible impact on the areas they support. Olivia H. Farr, a third generation trustee, will discuss their spend down decision and answer questions about this experience. Get to know Olivia and The John Merck Fund through this real-life example of a Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Built for the Long Haul
March 6, 2019 | Barbara Kibbe, Lois Mitchell
Built for the Long Haul: Equipping Grantees to Succeed When Your Funding Stops Remote Learning: A Discussion Held Via Video Chat & Phone Navigating a spend-down foundation can be challenging. We heard from the peer network that 70% of you were working on the strategy of sustaining grantees & collaborations with investments in capacity. Gather together to discuss strategies to Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: The Final Chapter
May 28, 2019 | Barbara Kibbe, Lois Mitchell
The Final Chapter: Planning for a Smooth Conclusion Remote Learning: A Discussion Held Via Video Chat & Phone Spending up or leaving a legacy? As your foundation plans for your strategic and limited lifespan, do you plan to support organizations with legacy grants or an endowment for specific causes your family or fund may have founded? How do you honor Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

NCFP’s Strategic Lifespan Peer Network Series
October 18, 2018 | Lois Mitchell
NCFP’s benchmark Trends in Family Philanthropy study found that 20% of the youngest family foundations have decided to operate with a limited lifespan, and more than 60% of all foundations are considering or have decided upon this option. Have you made this decision? Are you thinking about the implications and strategies for limiting the lifespan of your foundation?  Join this Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Conversations

Is Spending Down Right for Your Philanthropy? How to Make the Decision and What to Consider in the Process
September 21, 2023 | Anne Marie Toccket, Priscilla Enriquez, Glen Galaich
Interested in learning more about spending down? Join our Strategic Lifespan Peer Network. Many in this group have decided to operate with a limited lifespan. Others are thinking about the decision to spend down. Key Moments from the Webinar 00:00 Introduction 06:15 Introduction to the McClatchy Foundation 08:18 Introduction to the Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh 09:32 Introduction to the Stupski Read More

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