Blog | Network News

June 2022: News and Notes from NCFP’s Friends of the Family Network

June 2, 2022
Friends Focus highlights updates from members of our Friends of the Family network and their work. This month features updates from the Conrad N Hilton Foundation, McKnight Foundation, Rasmuson Foundation, Stupski Foundation, and Walton Foundation. 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 Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Grantee Perception Report: What We Heard and How We Plan to Do Better

May 26, 2022 | Don Chen, Jonathan Goldberg
This article was originally published by the Surdna Foundation and is re-posted here with permission. Have you ever had food stuck in your teeth and only found out when you looked in the mirror hours later? If you’re like us, you probably thought, “Why didn’t anyone tell me?” The truth is that it’s tricky to give honest feedback to the people Read More

Erika Seth Davies

May 17, 2022
Erika Seth Davies, is the Chief Executive Officer at Rhia Ventures. She is a seasoned leader with more than 20 years of experience in development and fundraising, program design, collaboration and partnership management, and racial equity advocacy. Erika is the Founder of The Racial Equity Asset Lab (The REAL), a venture that centers racial equity in impact investing and works Read More

Megan Costigan

May 6, 2022
Megan Costigan serves as the Youth and Tracy Family Engagement Program Manager at the Tracy Family Foundation (TFF), where she concentrates on initiatives related to the foundation’s youth programs. As a third-generation member of the Tracy family, she also dedicates much of her time to fostering a philanthropic spirit across all generations of the Tracy family through a variety of Read More

Cathy Cha

May 4, 2022
Cathy Cha is president & CEO of the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund. Under her leadership, the Fund is exploring new and innovative approaches to advancing equality and justice so every person has opportunities to thrive and to live life with dignity and hope. Cathy’s path-breaking approach to collaboration among funders, movements, nonprofits, and government has helped spark wide-ranging Read More

Patricia Eng

March 1, 2022
Patricia Eng (she/her/hers) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy (AAPIP). She comes to AAPIP after serving as Chief Service Officer at the Mayor’s Office of the City of New York where she worked to deepen and expand civic engagement through volunteer and service programs. She founded the New York Asian Women’s Center, the Read More

Melinda Mosier

February 10, 2022
Melinda Mosier has been with the NH Charitable Foundation since 2008. She held the role of senior program officer and lead staff for the Monadnock Region for eight years specializing in stewardship and philanthropic planning before being appointed Director of Donor Services in 2016. As Director of Donor Services, Melinda oversees the staff and processes that support the donor experience Read More
Blog | Voices from the Field

Examine Your Own Equity Practices Before Asking Grantees

January 28, 2022 | Lowell Weiss
This article was originally published by LEAP Ambassadors and is re-posted here with permission. What are good questions funders can ask prospective grantees about their equity values and practices? When Lowell Weiss, President of Cascade Philanthropy Advisors, asked his fellow Leap Ambassadors, he received a range of responses. First, Are You in a Position to Judge? Several ambassadors brought up the need Read More
Events & Webinars | Community Foundations Network

Community Foundations Network Topical Call: Connect with Peers Based on Experience Level

January 11, 2022
We are creating time for peer learning based on your personal experience with philanthropic advising for multi-generational families. Registrants will be sent login information for each room closer to the event date. Getting Started (haven’t done 21/64 or CAP) – What is your onboarding for process for DAFs and families? Talk with peers about getting new families started in their Read More

Anne Marie Toccket

November 3, 2021
Anne Marie Toccket has worked across the globe with social enterprises, nonprofit organizations, and individuals to build strong, lasting, effective institutions. Anne Marie is currently executive director of the Posner Foundation of Pittsburgh, a growing family foundation using diverse philanthropic tools to support solutions to social, environmental, and economic challenges around the world. Before joining the Foundation in 2019, Anne Read More