1659 Results for “community”

Finance and Operations Manager – Philanthropic Foundation
June 6, 2023
Motivated by a keen interest in social, environmental and community issues, the candidate will manage all of the organization’s day-to-day financial operations, including financial reporting, budgeting and auditing requirements, which support the Foundation’s grants operations. They will also support the Executive Director in the oversight of a complex investment portfolio, as well as the operation of the New York office. Read More
Blog | From NCFP

Choosing Effectiveness as a Family
June 6, 2023 | Nicholas A. Tedesco
Effectiveness is a universal aspiration in philanthropy. It is ongoing and iterative, but it begins with making a choice. As our colleagues at the Center for Effective Philanthropy note, effectiveness requires four mutually reinforcing elements: goals, strategies, implementation, and assessment and learning. For family philanthropies, questions of effectiveness go even deeper. How do you build consensus with your family? How Read More
Knowledge Center | Video

The Principles of Effective Family Philanthropy: Relationships
June 5, 2023
 Effective family philanthropy makes a collective commitment to meaningful societal change. It holds itself accountable to impact as defined by community, and to the proven practices that support it. It is adaptive, evolving with the family and the community or ecosystem within which it operates. It shares or cedes power with different family members and generations, as well as Read More
Knowledge Center | Video

The Principles of Effective Family Philanthropy: Reflection & Learning
June 5, 2023
 Effective family philanthropy makes a collective commitment to meaningful societal change. It holds itself accountable to impact as defined by community, and to the proven practices that support it. It is adaptive, evolving with the family and the community or ecosystem within which it operates. It shares or cedes power with different family members and generations, as well as Read More
Knowledge Center | Report

The NCFP Guide for Effective Family Philanthropy
June 5, 2023
The NCFP Guide for Effective Family Philanthropy defines effectiveness in the context of family philanthropy and anchors it in four principles—accountability, equity, reflection and learning, and relationships. Through a series of reflection questions and practices families can interrogate their current practices and embrace changes that support more meaningful outcomes. Effectiveness is the culmination of many practices and it is a Read More
Knowledge Center | Video

The Principles of Effective Family Philanthropy: Accountability
June 5, 2023
 Effective family philanthropy makes a collective commitment to meaningful societal change. It holds itself accountable to impact as defined by community, and to the proven practices that support it. It is adaptive, evolving with the family and the community or ecosystem within which it operates. It shares or cedes power with different family members and generations, as well as Read More
Knowledge Center | Video

The Principles of Effective Family Philanthropy: Equity
June 5, 2023
 Effective family philanthropy makes a collective commitment to meaningful societal change. It holds itself accountable to impact as defined by community, and to the proven practices that support it. It is adaptive, evolving with the family and the community or ecosystem within which it operates. It shares or cedes power with different family members and generations, as well as Read More
Knowledge Center | Case Study

Effective Family Philanthropy: The Eisner Foundation
June 5, 2023 | Wendy Paris, Inside Philanthropy
The Intergenerational Philanthropy of the Eisner Foundation If there were a Disney film about family philanthropy, it might open with a scene from Michael Eisner’s childhood. The L.A.-based philanthropist, former chairman and CEO of the Walt Disney Company and former head of Paramount Studios before that, grew up sitting in on conversations about family giving during Thanksgiving in Vermont. After Read More

Program Officer: East Central Illinois
May 26, 2023
The Program Officer will provide leadership to existing programs in ECI, and in developing new programs and activities. Existing programs are focused on climate health; conservation and soil health; community mental health; and rural development. Recently, the Foundation committed to making deeper investments in programs and initiatives that center racial equity and social justice. The Program Officer will lead that Read More

Deputy Vice President and Director of the Campaign for a Greater Boston
May 26, 2023
The Deputy Vice President and Director of the Campaign for A Greater Boston (Deputy Vice President and Director) will join a dynamic team of fundraising professionals to collaboratively lead the first multi-year, comprehensive campaign at the Boston Foundation, tentatively titled, “Campaign for a Greater Boston.” The campaign will run from at least 2024 up to 2030, the 400th anniversary of Read More

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