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Community Foundations Network: Strategies for Engaging the Next Generation of Youth

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Annie Hurwitz

Young People Learning About Philanthropy
Join us for a peer-to-peer conversation led by the Greater Houston Community Foundation (GHCF) about ways to engage youth at your community foundation. Hear how GHCF is approaching this work and what tools and strategies have worked to reach and increase youth involvement. Following the brief presentation, we will convene breakout groups to allow you to share your own experiences… Read More

Community Foundations Network: How Community Foundations Can Use the Bold Solutions Network to Identify Funding Opportunities

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Emma Poole, Karen Minkel

The Bold Solutions Network connects funders with high-impact proposals which are vetted through open calls by Lever for Change (LFC). Join us to hear from Karen Minkel and Emma Pool of Lever for Change on how community foundations can use the Bold Solutions Network to identify funding opportunities in their service areas. They will discuss the 2023 Yield Giving Open… Read More

Community Foundations Network: Engaging Next Generation Adults and Structuring Your Philanthropic Advising Services—Connect With Peers

Posted on December 16, 2024

Join us for peer-led discussions on these two topics: How can families effectively engage next-generation adults in their philanthropy? How can community foundations structure and position their philanthropic advising services? This is an opportunity for peer learning and connection for philanthropic advising staff at community foundations. Choose your topic and join a breakout room to share your experiences and learn… Read More

Laying the Foundation Part Three: Aligning Your Vehicles with Your Values

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Roxanne Stachowski, Khalilah Burt Gaston, Sharon Schneider

What philanthropic vehicles are available to family philanthropies? Which are best suited to support your mission and goals, and what is the value of employing multiple vehicles?   In this session we will discuss the benefits (and limitations), flexibility, and potential impact of each vehicle. Through examples from other funders, learn about how to align your philanthropic vehicle with your family’s… Read More

Laying the Foundation Part One: Defining Family and Its Role

Posted on November 19, 2024 by Jensie Burton, Jeff Zeisler, Nicole Seawell, John Hicks

Join us as we explore fundamental questions in the context of family philanthropy: “Who is considered family?” and “What is the role of family in family philanthropy?”   As family philanthropies evolve, choosing how to define family—whether it includes lineal descendants or extends to spouses, chosen family, or others—is essential.  Families must also decide how and when to include community voices… Read More

Trends in Family Philanthropy 2025 Report: Exploring the Main Findings

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Miki Akimoto, Erin Hogan, Nicholas A. Tedesco

Read the Trends 2025 report here. 🔑 Key Moments from the Webinar 4:05 Remarks from Erin Hogan, NCFP’s Board Secretary and Private Philanthropy Executive at Bank of America Private Bank, on the history of Trends 6:33 Framing remarks for the Trends presentation and insights into the topline findings 10:14 The survey methodology and the report findings on foundation identity and… Read More

Meaningfully Engaging Next-Generation Adults in Your Family Philanthropy

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Jenna Mulhall-Brereton, Cara Binder-Kopchick, Theo Avery, Nicholas A. Tedesco, Kelly D. Nowlin

The guide During this session Cara Binder-Kopchick, along with Theo Avery, Jenna Mulhall-Brereton, and Kelly Nowlin discussed guide’s critical points and shared their own experiences with navigating next-generation transitions. The guide has now been published and is available to read here. 🔑 Key Moments from the Webinar 2:00 Context from NCFP on how our network is grappling with multigenerational engagement… Read More

Strategic Lifespan Peer Network: Strengthening Nonprofits Through Capacity-Building Support—Lessons Learned from the Cedarmere Foundation’s Spenddown Journey

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Melanie Matthews, Kate Ritter Repen, Anne Marie Toccket, Priscilla Enriquez, Kathy Edwards

The trustees of the Cedarmere Foundation decided to spend down their endowment in order to invest in the capacity building of organizations and initiatives that sustain and strengthen the nonprofit sector in Washington State. Since then, the foundation has focused on: Investing in the development, support, and sustainability of nonprofit leadership Sharing what is learned with philanthropic partners and nonprofit… Read More

Community Foundation Network Resource and Tool Exchange: How Does Your Philanthropic Advising Team Do That?

Posted on February 26, 2024

What tools and resources do other community foundations use in their philanthropic advising? What facilitation techniques do they use? How are they marketing their services? One of the takeaways from this year’s Community Foundations Network Workshop was that members want to share the resources that they use in their philanthropic advising work with colleagues at other community foundations. By sharing what works… Read More

Community Foundations Topical Call: Impact Investing: What Community Foundations Need to Know

Posted on February 26, 2024 by Stephanie Gripne, Casey Shultz, Renee Ferrufino

How can community foundations use impact investing strategies to amplify their mission and create change within their communities? Join Dr. Stephanie Gripne, CEO of the Impact Finance Center (IFC), for an introduction to: impact investing, financial innovation, and full spectrum capital. Discover how IFC supported community foundations in identifying impact investment opportunities within their grant portfolios and donor advised funds using… Read More

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