Katie Marcus Reker

Katie Marcus Reker has been active in youth philanthropy since age twelve as a Junior Board Member of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation and now serves as a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors. She also serves as a member of the Association of Small Foundations’ Next Generation Committee. Katie has always enjoyed making site visits, learning about grantmaking by sponsoring several grants, and sitting in on board of directors meetings. In 2008, she was one of the Fox Foundation panelists at an Engaging Youth session at the Association of Small Foundations conference in Denver, in 2008. Katie was thrilled to reprise that role in 2012, as co-moderator of a Learning Lab at ASF National in San Francisco, 2012.

Contributions

Voices from the Field

Weaving a Web in Action

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Andrea L. Hernandez, Ph.D., Katie Marcus Reker

When two family foundations met in the summer of 2010 to allow their engaged youth to connect with and learn from one another, we never would have predicted what would come out of it. They launched, Youth Philanthropy Connect, a project of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation aimed at fostering youth engagement in philanthropy. … Read More

Igniting the Spark: Effective Next Generation Boards

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Andrea L. Hernandez, Ph.D., Katie Marcus Reker, Sarina Dayal, Shirish Dayal, Zach Whitten

For many families, it is important that the next generation not only gives but gives as part of the family. This Family Philanthropy Webinar introduces an increasingly popular method for preparing the next generation for philanthropic service: the next generation or junior board… Read More

Igniting the spark, part II: How do next gen boards work and how do we create one?

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Kevin Laskowski, Katie Marcus Reker, Andrea L. Hernandez, Ph.D.

Part 2 of 2 The National Center for Family Philanthropy and Youth Philanthropy Connect, a program of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation, have teamed up on the release of our latest Passages Issue Brief entitled, “Igniting the Spark: Creating Effective Next Generation Boards.” Giving families prepare their younger members for potential board service in a variety of ways, as… Read More

Igniting the Spark – Creating Effective Next Gen Boards

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Andrea L. Hernandez, Ph.D., Katie Marcus Reker, Kevin Laskowski

This Passages Issue Brief introduces an increasingly popular method for preparing the next generation for philanthropic service: the next generation or junior board. The paper covers the variety of purposes for establishing next generation boards and how they are typically structured, explores how foundations use next generation boards as a tool for engaging younger family members, and describes options for preparing younger… Read More