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

Heather Barberi

July 25, 2025
Heather Barberi is the Executive Director of the Grunin Foundation, a family foundation working to unlock the potential of the Central Jersey Shore by investing in innovation, equity, and collaboration. Under the shared leadership of Heather, the Foundation’s President, Board, and dedicated staff, the Foundation advances its mission by providing holistic support through funding, capacity building, and coalition building to organizations that Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Planning for Effective Next-Generation Engagement

July 24, 2025 | Kaky McGinness Grant, Pat Lummus
To improve its next-generation engagement and onboarding processes, the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation partnered with Grant Philanthropic Advisors to develop a ‘learning ladder’ that introduces the next generation to important skills and philanthropic knowledge and supports a smoother transition to board service.  In 2024, the Sartain Lanier Family Foundation had begun to see the impact of its recent strategic planning Read More

June L. Wilson

July 10, 2025
June Wilson, a celebrated philanthropic leader in racial justice advocacy and alternative approaches to legacy and perpetuity, is executive director of the Compton Foundation. She is guiding the 75-year-old philanthropic organization’s trajectory as it moves all of its assets toward its purpose: climate resilience, peace and security, democracy, reproductive justice, and narrative strategy. To that end, Wilson is shaping the Read More
Knowledge Center | Sample

Trustee Pledge of Service and Code of Conduct (Frey Foundation, 2023)

July 8, 2025
This resource outlines the responsibilities, guiding principles, and behavioral expectations for trustees of the Frey Foundation. It describes standards related to decision-making, confidentiality, conflict of interest, engagement in the community, and a commitment to act in the best interests of the Foundation. The document serves as a framework for trustees to carry out their duties with integrity, accountability, and a Read More

Loren McArthur

June 17, 2025
Loren McArthur is an independent consultant and philanthropic advisor. He previously served as the head of thought leadership at Arabella Advisors and led the civic engagement department at UnidosUS, the largest national Hispanic advocacy organization in the US. He began his career as a community organizer in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Read More
Blog | From the Archive

From the Archive: Difficult Discussions at Difficult Times

June 9, 2025
NCFP’s From the Archive series highlights resources from our Knowledge Center that have stood the test of time and continue to provide valuable guidance for the field.  In family philanthropy, times of crisis often prompt difficult but necessary conversations that can help families affirm their values, shape their strategies, and grow their impact. All funders have to grapple with local Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

The Time to Embrace Impact Investing is Now

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

Bob Clark

May 19, 2025
Bob Clark is the director of archives at the Rockefeller Archive Center (RAC) where he leads a talented team of archives professionals who manage and make accessible the RAC’s extensive archival collections documenting the history of philanthropy and its effects. He also engages with the RAC’s records-creating organizations and with the foundation community more broadly to advocate for information governance, Read More