Networks and Resources on Faith and Philanthropy
Posted on August 25, 2016 by National Center for Family Philanthropy
Below are network and resources on faith and philanthropy. … Read More
Faith, traditions, and celebrations
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Family Philanthropy at the Holidays: Faith, Gratitude & Tradition
Posted on December 12, 2012 by Virginia M. Esposito, Lynn Schusterman, Lisa Parker
What are the connections between the holidays and family giving? How do faith, gratitude, and family charitable traditions enhance and ignite the giving impulse? And what are some strategies family funders have used to encourage increased giving around the holidays?… Read More
Celebrating Milestones in Family Philanthropy: Inspiration for the future
Posted on June 20, 2012 by Jason Born
These celebrations may have the added benefits of inspiring the personal philanthropy and volunteer efforts of younger family members and other families, and of providing public attention and recognition of the work of your grantees and other nonprofits in your community. … Read More
The Needmor Fund: 50 Years, 50 Stories
Posted on April 15, 2010 by Needmor Fund
A celebratory history, told through stories, of the first 50 years of The Needmor Fund… Read More
Diversity and inclusion: Lessons from the field
Posted on December 7, 2008 by Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
There's an arrogance about a foundation that deals with a constituency without having that constituency represented."
"While diversity is an inescapable fact in the 21st century global marketplace, inclusion is not."
"We know we have much more to learn and more to do to integrate diversity in all our operations… Read More
Celebrate, reflect, resolve: Accountability for giving families
Posted on December 16, 2006 by Kevin Laskowski
Accountability can be a challenging and complex issue for giving families, defined as they are by a deeply held private commitment to a public good. Balancing a family’s need for privacy with the transparency required of nonprofit organizations can be tricky, but, in times of close media and regulatory scrutiny, it is a balancing act today’s giving families find themselves… Read More
Black Philanthropy: Embracing The New Diversity
Posted on October 24, 2005 by Jacqueline Copeland Carson
Recapturing the roots of our giving traditions through inclusion of the contemporary diversity of all people of African descent in America can help revitalize and strengthen black philanthropy for all… Read More
Black Philanthropy: Past, Present and Future
Posted on October 24, 2005 by Karen Gray, Nora Hall
Black philanthropy has a very pragmatic character. It is shaped both by needs in the black community and limitations imposed by larger forces in the society… Read More
Accepting The Gift As Is, A Conversation With Molly Stranahan
Posted on October 21, 2003 by Pamela Gerloff
Receiving money at a young age led me to choose economics
as my major, and later, to work in a bank, where I eventually
became a trust officer. I wanted to know how money worked. In
time, I was allowed to read the trust document for my inheritances,
which is when I discovered that there had been misinterpretations
of one of the trusts… Read More
Rebecca Adamson: Rediscovering the Native-American Experience
Posted on November 4, 2002 by National Center for Family Philanthropy
Native Americans now live both with change and tradition in many areas of their lives, including giving practices. Sharing and exchanging gifts are scarcely new to Native Americans; personalized giving is bedrock to their culture. For many, however, large scale, institutional, formalized philanthropy is a new concept, as described in this chapter from 'Faith and Family Philanthropy.'… Read More
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