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This conversation will feature a variety of practical tips for bridging the power divide with your grantees, with one another, and with other partners in your work.
Join your colleagues located or providing funding in Chester County for a meeting of the Chester County Funders.
Your community foundation wants to provide more intensive services to multi-generation and multi-branch families. But how will you define your customer segments and their goals?
Philanthropic families are increasingly using multiple tools and strategies to achieve their goals for social impact.
The idea of incorporating equity in philanthropy is gaining traction in the field. The reasons why may be obvious – from longstanding commitments to helping those most marginalized to recent electoral outcomes.
Your community foundation wants to provide more intensive services to philanthropic families. But how will you define your customer segments and their goals? What unique value proposition will you deliver?
The idea of incorporating equity in philanthropy is gaining traction in the field. The reasons why may be obvious – from longstanding commitments to helping those most marginalized to recent electoral outcomes.
Society is becoming increasingly divisive. What roles can family foundations play in finding ways to support meaningful dialogue across “party lines” within their community?
NCFP’s benchmark Trends study found that regardless of age or size, family foundations that are engaging their younger members believe new generations bring innovative ideas and vibrancy to the foundation.
Influencing public policy is one way to increase your organization’s impact for changing people’s lives. Join NCFP for an insightful webinar on how you can develop a strong advocacy plan, and how to legally use your funding and your voice to shine light on critical issues.
What does it mean to have “pride of place”? How do giving families retain their commitment to the founding region or community where their philanthropic resources were first created?
Impact investing – which seeks a specific environmental, social or governance return above and beyond a strictly financial return – can be a particularly valuable tool for foundations and donor advised funds that seek to align their investments with their grantmaking mission. This webinar will discuss this investing approach, and share perspectives and examples from families who have made this choice.
As we heard at the Annual Members’ Meeting, the decennial census is a cornerstone of our democracy, determining Congressional districts and driving key decisions made by federal and local government, business, nonprofits, and philanthropy around the allocation of funding and where services are provided.
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NCFP’s three new fellows—Mary Mountcastle, Kelly Nowlin, and June Wilson—will share what it means to be a giving family in today’s world.
Giving families can wear many hats. At times, families may feel like they are losing the family identity in their giving. How does one keep the family in family philanthropy? What are steps can families take to make sure they are serving the public good while maintaining the family value & legacy?
A family business’s philanthropy has many goals. Family legacy and values, family and business reputation, employee retention, development of successors and younger generations, and tax-wise planning are just a few.
Philanthropy professionals in Pennsylvania understand how state policy affects the nonprofit sector, and many have a history of engaging and educating state policymakers. Even given private foundations’ constraints on lobbying, there are numerou