Family Giving News | December 2023
National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP)
NCFP provides resources and peer learning opportunities to help philanthropic families to make meaningful change.
Welcome to the final edition of Family Giving News in 2023.
Here we'll share the latest news, trends, and research in family philanthropy. Make sure to subscribe to be notified when a new edition is released.
The NCFP team wishes you a safe and restful holiday season.
Most Read Blogs of 2023
How can funders honor the time that grantseekers spend on application processes in instances where the nonprofit is not selected for a grant? In cases where they are, will the grant award cover the time and expense the grantee spent? Suki O'Kane outlies how the Walter and Elise Haas Fund is addressing those questions.?
Grantmakers can have a reputation for having opaque guidelines and limited access to information. David Weitnauer and Rachel Sprecher explain how the R. Howard Dobbs, Jr. Foundation took another step towards transparency and accessibility with their Open Information Sessions.
NCFP President and CEO Nick Tedesco explores what constitutes effectiveness in family philanthropy and what it looks like in practice to make the conscious choice to be effective. "Ultimately, effective family philanthropy is rooted in cultural evolution that begins with a stronger and more honest understanding of ourselves: our entrenched beliefs and biases, our connections to the communities we serve, our power and privilege and our dynamics as a family," Nick says.
“Your family’s legacy can in fact honor previous generations, their sacrifices and opportunities; as well as hold a necessary critique of the harm these opportunities may have caused for many others,” says author William Cordery . Will and his team at Freedom Futures share their Aligning Legacy with Liberation? framework and the belief that a family’s liberation is deeply attached to the liberation of marginalized communities.
Recommended Reading & Resources
Assessment & Learning | Video
How will you assess your philanthropic impact and what metrics should you use??
Watch our Navigating Family Philanthropy video to learn more about creating an assessment plan.
Give As We Grow Mobile App Released
Together with the Phillips Foundation and Giving Tuesday, the National Center for Family Philanthropy is pleased to present Give As We Grow, an innovative digital platform designed to inspire, educate, and track kids' philanthropic activity with a play-based learning mobile app, giving journal, and a comprehensive resource library to help translate learning into real-world impact.?
Insight and Actions to Support Staff Wellness—Report from The Brindle Foundation
The Brindle Foundation solicited ideas from its grantee partners on how to support nonprofit staff wellness, particularly in the years following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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A New Gilded Age—Article from Giving Compass
Lever for Change CEO Cecilia Conrad calls for more innovative practices and mindsets to drive impact.
Emerging Impacts: Going Deeper on the Effects of MacKenzie Scott’s Large, Unrestricted Gifts—Article from the Center for Effective Philanthropy
The positive effects of MacKenzie Scott’s massive, unrestricted gifts are increasingly apparent and, to date, the experiences of recipient organizations belie widespread concerns about negative unintended consequences from her approach," says the Center for Effective Philanthropy .
2023 Donor-Advised Fund Report—Report from the National Philanthropic Trust
Explore insights from National Philanthropic Trust's data analysis of donor-advised fund contributions and grants in 2022.
Upcoming Events
21st-Century Governance Part One: Participatory and Collaborative Operations and Strategies | Hosted by the National Center for Family Philanthropy | January 16, 2024 | 2–3 pm ET
The first Fundamentals webinar of 2024 will explore how inclusive and collaborative approaches to family philanthropy can drive greater impact.?
Your Impact Strategy Doesn’t Stop at Your Grantmaking—Hosted by the National Center for Family Philanthropy? December 14, 2023 | 12–1:15 pm ET
Making the Case for Trust-Based Philanthropy—Hosted by the Trust-Based Philanthropy Project February 6, 2024 | 1–5 pm ET
The Philanthropy Research Workshop: Funding the Urban North: Philanthropy, Policy, and Racial Equity “After” Civil Rights—Hosted by the Lilly School for Philanthropy February 27, 2024 | 12–1 pm ET
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