Planning a Portfolio of Philanthropic Services
This planning tool provides a sample menu to help community foundations thinking about developing your own portfolio of services. Read More
Atlanta Center for Family Philanthropy Case Study (2006)
September 10, 2019
This case study briefly documents the development of The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s Center for Family Philanthropy. It was created as part of the Excellence in Family Philanthropy Initiative, a peer-driven and collaborative effort of 19 community foundations to share and develop good practices for working with family philanthropies. Read More
Policy and Practice Roadblocks
September 10, 2019
In 2002, NCFP released The Practice of Family Philanthropy in Community Foundations, authored by consultant Helmer N. Ekstrom. In interviews with wealthy donor families, Ekstrom heard abot a variety roadblocks to working with community foundations, documented in this short resource. Read More
Sample Case Statements E-Book
September 10, 2019
A ‘Case Statement’ is a document that provides basic information about an organization, program or ministry. Read More
Philanthropic Services Canvas (Blank PDF Version)
September 10, 2019
A blank version of the 11x17 PDF planning tool that contains key questions in each section of the canvas and links to the appropriate units in the Playbook to help you develop answers that make sense for your foundation. Read More
Using the Business Model Canvas
September 10, 2019
Provides instructions and self-reflection questions for each section of NCFP's business model canvas for community foundations, part of the Community Foundations Playbook. Read More
Philanthropic Services Canvas Annotated
September 10, 2019
An 11x17 PDF planning tool that contains key questions in each section of the canvas and links to the appropriate units in the Playbook to help you develop answers that make sense for your foundation. Read More
Using the Case Statement Worksheet
September 10, 2019
An internal case statement can be an important tool for building support among your executive leaders and board. Many community foundations and nonprofits use case statements to help build support among potential donors and other supporters for initiatives such as capital campaigns and new programs. These statements typically outline an organization’s mission and vision, describe a challenge it is trying Read More
Philanthropic Services Case Statement Worksheet
September 10, 2019
This worksheet is intended to help community foundations develop internal case statements that are used to show key internal stakeholders the need for family philanthropy services — and outline how giving families can help the foundation achieve its vision for its community. Read More
Gender and Giving Across Communities of Color
September 5, 2019 | Andrea Pactor
During Q & A at a conference, a woman in the audience stood up and commented, “This research is interesting, but I don’t see myself in it.” Her comment stayed with me. At the Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI), our studies on gender and philanthropy account for factors that affect charitable giving, such as income, wealth, education, race, and health of Read More
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