Jeff Zeisler

January 27, 2025
Jeff Zeisler is a Bay Area technology executive and longtime community leader. Married with three school-aged children, he is deeply involved in local education. He currently chairs the Governance Committee at the Flora Family Foundation, which he joined in 2006. He also serves as President of the Los Altos Education Foundation and enjoys coaching youth sports. Read More

Director of Philanthropic Advising

January 22, 2025
Reporting to the Senior Director of Strategic Philanthropy, the Director of Philanthropic Advising leads efforts to deepen relationships with family foundations, donor-advised funds (DAFs), and high-value individual donors. This position focuses on building a robust portfolio of family foundations and donor-advised funds (DAFs), providing tailored advising services, and developing the business line to deepen donor engagement with community-centered practices. By Read More
Events & Webinars | Webinars

Responding to the Opioid Crisis: What are the Opportunities for Funders to Make a Difference?

The opioid epidemic continues to be a major public health crisis affecting both rural and urban areas. In 2023 alone over 80,000 Americans died from an opioid overdose. Communities face specific challenges in dealing with this crisis based on their location. These challenges include prevention methods, immediate services provision, and ongoing treatment. All funders – not just those focused on health Read More
Events & Webinars | Conferences and Workshops

2025 Family Philanthropy Leadership Retreat

October 27, 2025
Thank you so much for your interest in the Leadership Retreat. The event is sold out, and we are no longer accepting names for the waitlist, due to the unlikelihood of accommodating everyone on it already. We are delighted by the response, and we regret that we have to turn anyone away. Please keep an eye on our programs and Read More

Grants Administrator

January 16, 2025
Broad Reach Foundation is a private family foundation focused on promoting healthy ecosystems, coexistence, community resilience, and human well-being. The Foundation’s varied grantmaking priorities include toxic chemical reform, climate change, healthy ecosystems, the State of Maine, nutrition, careworker rights, the arts, and international human rights and diplomacy. Their grants nurture new ideas, champion underrepresented viewpoints, and advance innovative approaches that Read More

Executive Director

January 14, 2025
The Lumpkin Family Foundation (LFF) has been a beacon for healthy, sustainable communities in East Central Illinois and beyond for over seventy years. Now in its eighth decade, LFF is a quiet but proud force behind creative collaborations that protect and enhance the environment, ensure a strong local food economy, support healthy eating and physical activity, strengthen strategic community leadership, Read More

Ricshawn Adkins Roane

January 14, 2025
Ricshawn Adkins Roane works at the intersection of philanthropy, public opinion, and policy for economic, racial, and gender justice.  Her philanthropic vision is to lead the return of resources extracted by colonialism, exploitation, racism, exclusion, and sexism to the communities most impacted. She is a values-driven leader with high emotional intelligence, an impactful communicator with strong management skills, and a Read More

Director of Philanthropy & Service and Foundation Executive Director

January 8, 2025
A Washington, D.C. area-based family invites nominations and applications for a Director of Philanthropy & Service and Foundation Executive Director (Director) role. Founded in the 1990s, the foundation’s philanthropic and community service activities include long-standing commitments to youth pathways, college access and success, college scholarship programs, community housing, and integrative cancer care. As the family evolves its grantmaking and service Read More
Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Advancing Disability Inclusion in Family Philanthropy

January 8, 2025 | Cara Binder-Kopchick
While many family philanthropies have an expressed commitment to equity, disability and its intersectional relationship with other identities is rarely considered—even while about one in four adults in the U.S. have a disability. National Forum speakers Christie Cawley, Ryan Easterly, Gail Fuller, and Dr. Zakiya Mabery shared their expertise for advancing disability inclusion in family philanthropy. Here, Cara Binder-Kopchick synthesizes Read More

Kate Dearing Fowler

January 7, 2025
Kate Dearing Fowler is a philanthropic leader who has dedicated her career to community development and nonprofit support. As the Executive Director of The Jerry C. Dearing Family Foundation since 2015, she has overseen the distribution of over $25 million to Houston-based nonprofits focusing on health, education, and sustainability services. Her professional journey began with eight years in broadcast journalism, Read More