254 Results for “Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network”

Events & Webinars | Conferences and Workshops

Leading by Design: a Special Retreat for Family Foundation CEOs
June 7, 2015 | Jan Jaffe, Gayle Williams, Virginia M. Esposito
The role of a family foundation CEO is unique, often bridging generations of family members, community leaders, staff, advisors and partners. Expectations can be challenging to meet and boundaries are sometimes vague and ever-changing. Success in this role requires a cadre of specialized leadership skills. This retreat will help you identify the roles essential to your position—and envision them with Read More
Knowledge Center | Book Chapter

Family Values, Family Philanthropy
February 20, 2015 | Virginia M. Esposito
How families inspire and shape values—particularly the value of giving— and how those are passed from one generation to another, are critical elements in ensuring a healthy charitable future. Read More
Blog | Featured Article

Families and Community Foundations: Natural Partners, Enhanced Results
September 15, 2013
Family philanthropy has been at the heart of the community foundation field since its inception. In 1914, Frederick H. Goff and his family created the first community foundation in Cleveland, Ohio.  Since then, tens of thousands of families, individual donors and corporations—many of them family businesses—have helped to launch, sustain, and grow the more than 700 community foundations that exist Read More
Blog | Ask NCFP

How do I set priorities as the new CEO of a family foundation?
June 15, 2012 | National Center for Family Philanthropy
Editor’s note: This article is excerpted from the NCFP CEO Guide, Performance Review: The Complete Guide to Evaluating the Family Foundation CEO. Setting priorities can be challenging for a new CEO, what with the myriad responsibilities of the job. When Kathleen Odne, the executive director of the Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation, became the foundation’s first staff person, she came Read More
Blog | Case Studies

The Ansara Family Fund: Partnering Beyond Borders for Long-term Impact
April 15, 2010 | Jason Born
When Karen and Jim Ansara contacted the Boston Foundation on January 14, 2010 to talk about how their family’s donor-advised fund could best respond to the earthquakes in Haiti—which had happened less than 48 hours before—they were continuing both a longstanding commitment to international philanthropy, as well as a more recent commitment to Haiti in particular. Working with staff at Read More
Events & Webinars | Peer Networks

CANCELLED – Supporting Young Leaders & Next-gen to Develop Philanthropic Identities
February 18, 2021 | Ashton Kao, Marshall Hill, Thalie Waters, Duncan McLaren, Brendan Adams
*CANCELLED: Given that a majority of our speakers are in Texas with snow and major power outages, we have cancelled this webinar. We are wishing our speakers well during the storms.* Family members of all ages strive to balance their individual identities—who they want to be and what they stand for—with their connection to their family’s identity, values, and culture. Read More

Jennifer Touchet
February 15, 2019
Jennifer Touchet is the Vice President of Personal & Family Philanthropy at the Greater Houston Community Foundation. Since 2013, she has led the Next Gen Donor Institute and Alumni Network for 25–40 year old emerging philanthropic leaders. Most recently, the foundation’s Center for Family Philanthropy began donor initiatives that include youth. She specializes in multi-generational giving, family dynamics and is Read More

Portfolio Manager, Mental Health; Crisis Response & Climate Resilience
August 1, 2025
Company The Tepper Foundation was founded by David Tepper based on his vision that everyone should have equal opportunity to be successful. The Tepper Foundation supports organizations in New Jersey and across the country on the frontlines of protecting and expanding opportunity for all. Our work spans six portfolios: Food, Housing & Health; Community Impact; Crisis Response & Climate Resilience; Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

The Time to Embrace Impact Investing is Now
June 3, 2025 | Stacey Faella, Kathleen Simpson
Stacey Faella and Kathleen Simpson show the ways that impact investing has been a powerful tool at their foundations and offer advice to funders who want to explore new paths to support their grantees in light of  funding gaps and significant need in the nonprofit sector.  In 2025, many of us in philanthropy are confronting an uncomfortable truth: the tools Read More

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