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Blog | Effective Family Philanthropy in Action

Three Approaches To Place-based Philanthropy: Lessons For Donors
September 3, 2020 | Katie Smith Milway, Giving Compass
This article was originally published by Giving Compass and is re-posted here with permission. For more information on place-based giving, explore NCFP’s Pride of Place Content Collection.  When Ross and Emily Jones set up their family foundation, Imago Dei Fund (IDF), in Boston, they gravitated toward addressing injustices against girls and women as a linchpin for global progress. On her first donor trip in Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Focus and Reenergize with Four Powerful Questions
September 2, 2020 | Kris Putnam-Walkerly
Feeling uncomfortable? You’re not alone. We’re all being asked to stretch and grow these days as we navigate a new world. Along with COVID-19, we’re facing divisive political rhetoric, and the growing needs of a struggling civic society. Add to that the challenges of a recession and a deafening cry for action to condemn racism and increase social justice. While Read More

Amina Anderson
September 2, 2020
Amina Anderson joined The Community Foundation in August 2011. Amina leads the Prince George’s County office, working with donors to explore opportunities for achieving their philanthropic goals and facilitating their engagement on critical community issues affecting county residents. Prior to joining The Community Foundation, Amina worked as President of the Black United Fund of Oregon. She developed the organization’s core Read More

Garrett March
September 2, 2020
Garrett March works with the Community Foundation’s field-of-interest and capacity building grant cycles, and is the liaison for our young professionals philanthropy group WORTH. He is a 2010 graduate of Milligan College in Tennessee and spent the first part of his professional career working in child welfare in both residential and community settings. Before coming to the Foundation he was Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Five Lessons Learned from Running a Foundation That Gives Directly to Families
August 27, 2020 | Amy Kingman
In 2016, I was asked to join a philanthropic project that was close to the heart of philanthropist Warren Buffett and his beloved older sister, Doris Buffett. The “letters program” first started many years ago. After going public with his giving pledge, Warren (like many well-known philanthropists) was flooded with requests not just from nonprofits, but also from individuals and Read More

Amy Kingman
August 27, 2020
Amy Kingman has over 15 years of experience in the philanthropy and nonprofit sector, specifically in grant-making, fundraising, marketing, nonprofit management, and strategic planning. Prior to launching her own consulting firm, she spent four years as the chief executive for two private family foundations launched by Doris Buffett: The Learning by Giving Foundation and Letters Foundation. In 2018, she was Read More
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Participatory Grantmaking
August 25, 2020
Participatory grantmaking takes listening one step further to engage community members in the decision-making process around grants. This Content Collection features research, case studies, discussion guides, and other articles and blog posts on the practice of participatory grantmaking (also sometimes referred to as "community led grantmaking"). Read More
Blog | Featured Article

In Memory of Carmen Castellano
August 25, 2020 | Maggie McGoldrick
Carmela Castellano-Garcia and Carmen Castellano at the 2014 National Forum on Family Philanthropy “I’m most proud of the legacy we’re leaving. Latinos are philanthropists,” said Carmen Castellano in a 2015 interview as a part of NCFP’s “I am Family Philanthropy” series. In her 81-year life, Carmen built a legacy she and the Latinx community could be proud of, modeling formalized Read More

Robin Snidow
August 25, 2020
Robin Snidow has been a board member of General Service Foundation (GSF) for 25 years and the Board Chair of GSF since 2007.  She is GSF’s 3rd board chair, following in the footsteps of her grandfather. Robin served as a program officer for the Reproductive Health and Rights program at GSF. Robin’s community leadership includes service on non-profit boards supporting Read More

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