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Blog | Voices from the Field

How the Family Behind a Sportswear Behemoth Is Expanding Its Philanthropy for Rural Communities
April 28, 2022 | Ade Adeniji, Inside Philanthropy
Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on the many forms of family philanthropy, in partnership with the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and produced by Inside Philanthropy’s editorial team. In 1937, Paul Lamfrom fled Nazi Germany and later founded Columbia Hat Company, a modest hat manufacturer in Portland, Oregon. When Paul passed away, the company’s reins Read More
Events & Webinars | Salons

Power and Racial Equity: From Self-Assessment to Systemic Change
June 7, 2022 | Eleni Refu
NCRP’s Eleni Refu will lead a conversation around how family foundations can operationalize equity and work towards systemic change by interrogating the ways they build, share, and wield their power. Shifting power to those who have the least of it is necessary for philanthropic impact on equity and justice. Participants at this salon will learn how they can implement the Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Engaging Youth Peer Network: Connecting Across Generational Differences
August 2, 2022 | Barbara Randell
Oftentimes youth and adults communicate differently and can even have entirely different conversations while sitting at the same table. This can be challenging, particularly when a family is trying to make shifts in its strategy, grantmaking focus, or the way generations work together. Learn about the theory and practice of effective engagement across generations from Barbara Randell. Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Rural Funders Peer Network Topical Call & Networking
September 20, 2022 | Erin Borla, Wynn Rosser
Join your peers to network and discuss topics of concern for philanthropic families who are place-based rural funders. As NCFP launches the Rural Funders Peer Network, we are pleased to offer this collaborative space for family funders working in rural areas to create connections and share strategies and stories with others across the country. This event will provide an opportunity Read More

Emily R. Warren Armitano
April 26, 2022
Emily is the Land Conservation and Water Program Officer for the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation in Austin. She is responsible for leading the design of the land and water program strategies and managing a grants portfolio to achieve the foundation’s sustainability goals. Emily joined the foundation in 2019, bringing with her deep experience in community engagement, movement-building, connecting research Read More

Jerry Kenney
April 26, 2022
In the United States and across the globe, Jerry has developed solutions at the intersection of education and economic development within the academic, federal, and non-governmental sectors. Most recently, Jerry coordinated regional and national networks, led program initiatives, and created the essential guide and tools to accelerate the recovery and strengthen the resilience of the early education sector in the Read More

Kathleen Flanagan
April 26, 2022
Kathleen Flanagan develops and implements strategic grantmaking areas on economic development in rural communities. This effort includes policy and practice in workforce development, entrepreneurship, rural economic development and promoting family economic success. She joined the Foundation in February 2016 from the Wildhorse Resort and Casino in Pendleton, Oregon, which is an enterprise of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. At the Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

Rural Funders Peer Network: Rural Community Capacity Building
June 21, 2022 | Jerry Kenney, Emily R. Warren Armitano, Kathleen Flanagan
As funding flows into rural communities, the opportunity for these communities to access, deploy, and effectively manage these funds has risen as a pressing priority. The ability to assess community needs, design inclusive, ‘shovel-ready’ projects, and coordinate, write, and manage grant applications requires time, human capital, and resources that are hard to come by in overstretched rural communities. This discussion Read More

Eleni Refu
April 26, 2022
Eleni Refu is the senior engagement associate responsible for leading the engagement strategies of NCRP’s Power Moves project. Having spent the last six years in the charitable sector as a fundraiser and then as a program evaluator, she understands how power imbalances manifest and the kinds of systemic approaches necessary to effectively address them. Previously, Eleni was the accountability and Read More

Jason Belinkie
April 26, 2022
Jason is a board member and also serves as Program Director for the Bender Foundation, Inc. in Bethesda, MD focused on the physical, mental, emotional and academic success of youth. In this role Jason works with the foundation staff to engage the board and broader family in both learning and strategy development. Jason is also CEO of Athletes for Hope Read More

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