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Five Questions for Kelly Nowlin

December 21, 2022 | Kelly D. Nowlin
Anniversaries are times for reflection on and celebration of the past, as well as opportunity to imagine the future. As NCFP celebrates our 25th anniversary, we are speaking with community members about their reflections on the evolutions of their own philanthropy, the sector, and NCFP as well as their hopes for the future. Kelly Nowlin is the current chair of Read More
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December 2022: News and Notes from NCFP’s Members and Partners

December 13, 2022
Network News highlights updates from NCFP’s members and network partners. Current NCFP members or network partners are encouraged to email us with news they would like shared with the community.  Chicago Beyond’s Liz Dozier is Highlighted for Intentional Approach Inside Philanthropy profiles Chicago Beyond Founder and CEO about how her experiences as a public school principal inform the organization’s work Read More

Molly Shaw, M.Ed.

December 9, 2022
Molly Shaw is an independent social impact and philanthropic advisor who supports foundations, corporations and individual philanthropists, including Foundation For The Carolinas and Grant Philanthropic Advisors. Molly has extensive experience working inside communities as well as private and public systems. She served as President and CEO of Communities In Schools of Charlotte-Mecklenburg (CIS) from 2011-2020 where she and 125 team Read More

Liz Dozier

November 21, 2022
From her leadership in education to transforming philanthropy and systems, Liz Dozier has spent her career working tirelessly to support communities by disrupting inequity.   In 2016, Liz founded and launched Chicago Beyond, a national philanthropic organization committed to addressing systemic inequity by backing solutions led by those closest to the issues.  Under Liz’s leadership at Chicago Beyond, the organization Read More

Christy Vickers

November 10, 2022
Christy Vickers is a senior manager of marketing and communications at the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP). He works with the marketing team to promote NCFP’s work across the website, social media, and email. In addition, he helps to track analytics across all marketing channels. Originally from Ireland, he previously worked in communications for both Charities Institute Ireland and Read More
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November 2022: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network

November 9, 2022
Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their work. Are you a current Friend or Leadership Circle member of NCFP with an update or good news about your foundation that you would like to share with Family Giving News readers? Please email us. Interested in learning more about the families involved in NCFP’s Friends of the Family network? Go Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Five Questions for Armando Castellano

August 25, 2022 | Armando Castellano
Anniversaries are times for reflection on and celebration of the past, as well as an opportunity to imagine the future. As the National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) celebrates our 25th anniversary, we are speaking with community members about their reflections on the evolutions of their own philanthropy, the sector, and NCFP as well as their hopes for the future.  Read More
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August 2022: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network

August 8, 2022
Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their work. Are you a current Friend or Leadership Circle member of NCFP with an update or good news about your foundation that you would like to share with Family Giving News readers? Please email us. Interested in learning more about the families involved in NCFP’s Friends of the Family network? Go Read More
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Here’s How a Longtime Family Foundation Fractured, and Shifted Gears for a Meaningful Final Act

August 2, 2022 | Ade Adeniji, Inside Philanthropy
Editor’s Note: This article is part of an ongoing series on the many forms of family philanthropy, in partnership with the National Center for Family Philanthropy, and produced by Inside Philanthropy’s editorial team. In 1894, Missouri native William H. Danforth founded what would become Ralston Purina Company as a balanced food production company for animals. The company revolutionized the feed Read More