Blog | Network News

March 2024: News and Notes from NCFP’s Members and Partners

March 14, 2024
NCFP strives to connect its members to resources, best practices, and to peer funders. Network News highlights updates from our members and partners, showcacsing accomplishments, new approaches or giving areas, innovative ideas, and staff and board transitions, and more.  We encourage our members and parters to email us with news that you would like to be shared. In Memoriam: Celebrating Read More
Events & Webinars | Conferences and Workshops

2024 National Forum on Family Philanthropy

September 18, 2024
Join us in Atlanta, GA (September 18-20, 2024) to explore what is possible when we practice truly effective family philanthropy. Featuring inspirational plenary sessions on broad topics complemented by a wide range of breakout sessions on specific issue areas, practices, and challenges the Forum will be designed to help the family philanthropy community advance their practice and increase their impact. Read More

Events Manager

March 11, 2024
The Events Manager delivers exceptional Member and meeting experiences by ensuring the efficient operation of all logistical and hosting details before, during and after Foundation meetings and events. The Events Manager contributes to the Foundation’s mission, vision, and strategic initiatives by designing and creating effective and productive meeting and event experiences for members, staff and guests. Position is based in Read More

Grants Database Associate

March 11, 2024
The Grants Database Associate assists the Grants Team and Operations Team by ensuring the completeness and accuracy of all CRM* data for grant applicants, grantees and Foundation members. The Grants Database Associate assists with monitoring and supporting the online grant application portal and Foundation’s CRM systems for grant and member tracking. The Grants Database Associate contributes to the Foundation’s mission, Read More

Tomas Lopez

March 6, 2024
Tomas Lopez is Associate Director of Trusted Elections Fund, a non-partisan pooled fund that distributes grants, engages donors, and coordinates actions to prepare for and respond to high-risk threats to U.S. elections. He previously served as Executive Director of Democracy North Carolina, a state-level non-partisan voting rights organization engaged in grassroots organizing, policy advocacy and research, and strategic communications; and Read More

Keara Mendez

March 6, 2024
Keara Mendez has a decade of experience in pro-democracy advocacy, social impact work, and community organizing. She currently serves as the Director of Advocacy at the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL) supporting local elections officials in securing the resources and support needed to safely and securely administer elections. She has supported the launch of several successful projects including Read More

Marilyn Carpinteyro

March 6, 2024
Marilyn Carpinteyro is the Vice President for Programs and Strategy at Common Cause, working to advance the organizations missions to uphold the core values of American democracy. Since joining Common Cause in 2010, she has served in a myriad of roles including National Outreach Director and Director for State Operations where she supported state affiliates in developing and advancing state Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Declining Applications and Inquiries: How Funders Can Do Better

March 6, 2024
Peter Marks, executive director of The L.B. Research and Education Foundation, received positive feedback from grant seekers who were not selected to move forward in the foundation’s application process. The feedback affirmed Peter’s own experience as a nonprofit grantseeker: funders often fail to provide helpful information in their declination letters. Here, Peter shares a template for other funders to employ. Read More

Philanthropy Associate

March 6, 2024
Rosewood Family Advisors (RFA) is a multi-family office whose mission is to provide exceptional client service and advice. Our professionals help ultra-high net worth clients define and meet their goals by providing a diverse range of family office services including tax compliance, bill pay and expense management, philanthropic advising, and estate planning. RFA is looking for a Philanthropy Associate to Read More

Director of Learning and Impact

March 5, 2024
The Ceres Foundation is in an exciting period of growth as we continue to expand our grantmaking portfolio. We’re seeking an experienced data and evaluation leader with outstanding strategic, facilitation, and relational skills to serve as the inaugural Director of Learning and Impact. This position will work closely with the Executive Director to help design and implement a comprehensive, integrated, Read More