Maggie McGoldrick

Senior Manager, Marketing and Communications

Maggie McGoldrick is a senior manager of marketing and communciations at the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) where she shares the organization’s programs and resources with the philanthropic sector and NCFP community. Maggie supports the marketing and communications of the advancement team as well as various program streams. She leads the NCFP blog and partners with her team on digital communications, social media, publications, speaking engagements, and more.

Previously, she worked in marketing for the American Association for Justice and the Australian Lawyers Alliance. Maggie earned a BA in English from Georgetown University. She lives with her husband and dog in Arizona.

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The Value of Capacity Building to Increase Nonprofits’ Impact

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Maggie McGoldrick

A notebook on a spring with the text CAPACITY BUILDING on a white sheet lies on a wooden table with colored pens.

Capacity-building has long been a way for funders to supplement their traditional grants, boost nonprofit effectiveness, and ultimately help nonprofits be more sustainable. By investing in nonprofit leadership, technology, systems, and more, funders can equip their partners with tools and expertise to help them better meet their mission. As nonprofits face federal funding cuts and a shifting regulatory environment, many… Read More

Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Practices for Engaging the Next Generation in Your Philanthropy

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Maggie McGoldrick, Nicholas A. Tedesco

A version of this article was originally posted by Deseret Magazine and is re-posted here with permission. Giving takes many forms. Some people give their time and others give their expertise. For many, giving is a joyful way to impart their values and family culture to their children. For philanthropic families who have a formal giving infrastructure, giving includes their… Read More

Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Using Your Voice and Influence to Complement Your Grantmaking

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Maggie McGoldrick

Funders can use their voice and influence to amplify their grantmaking, something that is particularly important as nonprofits face a dearth of funds. From signing pledges to signal solidarity and take action to bold peer-to-peer calls to action and transparent communication, family philanthropy is using its voice to meet the moment. Conversations about philanthropy typically focus on financial assets. However,… Read More

Ask NCFP

Ask NCFP: How do we set expectations about our funding capacity?

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Maggie McGoldrick

NCFP receives a number of questions about family philanthropy and is particularly equipped to answer inquiries about philanthropic purpose, governance, next-generation engagement, family dynamics, and succession and legacy. This series is designed to answer commonly asked questions and provide resources and considerations for family funders. If you have a family philanthropy question, consider submitting a request for assistance to NCFP… Read More

From NCFP

More Family Foundations are Paying More than Five Percent Annually. Here’s Why.

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Maggie McGoldrick

NCFP’s Trends 2025 study showed that the majority of respondents are paying out more than five percent annually. Here, Maggie McGoldrick covers the various reasons that a funder might significantly increase their payout for a discrete period of time, including to make a big bet, account for programmatic shifts, or respond to a crisis. The IRS requires private foundations to… Read More

Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Learning Together for Exponential Results: How Two Flora Family Foundation Leaders Activated Shared Knowledge

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Flora Birdzell, Kimberly Myers Hewlett, Maggie McGoldrick

Flora Birdzell and Kimberly Myers Hewlett, both members of the Flora Family Foundation (FFF) Family Council, have participated in two NCFP Learning and Action Cohorts together. We talked to them to learn about the benefits of learning together and how they applied what they learned, particularly to FFF’s Black Maternal Health Initiative. Recent research from NCFP affirmed that continuous reflection… Read More

In Memory of Carmen Castellano

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Maggie McGoldrick

Carmela Castellano-Garcia and Carmen Castellano at the 2014 National Forum on Family Philanthropy “I’m most proud of the legacy we’re leaving. Latinos are philanthropists,” said Carmen Castellano in a 2015 interview as a part of NCFP’s “I am Family Philanthropy” series. In her 81-year life, Carmen built a legacy she and the Latinx community could be proud of, modeling formalized… Read More

Case Studies

The Evolution of Family Philanthropy: The David Rockefeller Fund

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Maggie McGoldrick

The name Rockefeller often conjures up images of wealth and influence. The founders of Standard Oil and magnates of the banking industry, the family is known worldwide for generations of success in business and politics. However, since 1855 when John D. Rockefeller, Sr. gave his first philanthropic gift, the family has harnessed its name for a far greater legacy—social impact… Read More

Tell Me Anything: Advice for Funders Seeking to Become Active Listeners

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Maggie McGoldrick

Active and open listening to grantee communities is not an entirely new topic for the philanthropic sector. Many funders have acknowledged the power dynamics inherent in their role, and as philanthropy evolves, there has been a shift towards greater transparency, deeper relationship-building between funders and grantees, and more grantee-focused funding practices. Groups like the Fund for Shared Insight and the… Read More

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