Joanne Florino

Vice President of Philanthropic Services, The Philanthropy Roundtable

Joanne Florino is vice president of philanthropic services for The Philanthropy Roundtable, and former senior vice president for public policy. She is also a consultant to The Atlantic Philanthropies Archives at Cornell University.

Ms. Florino has worked in philanthropy for over 30 years. Previously, she was executive director of the Triad Foundation in Ithaca, New York, from April 2003 through March 2013. She was also executive director of the Park Foundation and a program associate at The Atlantic Philanthropies.

Ms. Florino served as a strategy committee member for the Alliance for Charitable Reform from 2006 until 2013, chaired the public policy committee of Grantmakers Forum of New York, and served as a member of the Ethics and Practices Committee of the Council on Foundations. She currently serves as a board member of the Legacy Foundation in Ithaca, New York, the Network of Enlightened Women, the New York Council of Nonprofits, and the Paleontological Research Institution.

Ms. Florino earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Georgetown University and a master’s degree in American history from Cornell University.

Contributions

The Atlantic Philanthropies and Its Archives: Limited Life, Enduring Legacy

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Joanne Florino

In December 2016, The Atlantic Philanthropies made its final awards, becoming the largest limited life philanthropy to complete its grantmaking. The end of this aspect of its organizational life has been long-planned and purposeful – a fulfillment of donor Charles F. (“Chuck”) Feeney’s commitment to Giving While Living. Many of Atlantic’s final grants have been “big bets” designed to improve… Read More