In 2016, NCFP kicks off its second year of the Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network, a special initiative that aims to enhance the practice and effectiveness of community foundations as strategic partners and trusted advisors to philanthropic families. Join members of the initiative’s Advisory Committee for an open conversation about our progress to date, exciting plans in 2016 to equip the field with practical resources and tools, and why your foundation’s participation is critical to shape and contribute to our efforts in the year ahead. Community foundations of all sizes and experience levels increasingly respond to donor needs for deeper support in their multigenerational family philanthropy. Whether it is helping craft a family values statement, increasing involvement of adult children, or sharpening the family’s strategic focus, community foundation donor services teams are figuring out how to offer support in an effective way. This Spark Session will focus on the models and elements of service offerings that community foundations can consider in starting or enhancing its relationships with philanthropic families. We will also identify the important internal questions that need to be addressed as your community foundation expands its work in family giving.
About this series
This program is part of the Spark Session series under NCFP’s Community Foundations Family Philanthropy Network. The series is designed for community foundations to exchange practical advice, tools, and tips from peers on aspects of their family philanthropy engagement. In one hour, this content-rich webinar feature peer case study examples and will allow attendees to delve deeper through an open facilitated dialogue.
Featured speakers
Tony Macklin is an independent consultant working at the intersection of meaningful giving and community results. His clients are donors, grantmakers, and their advisors and associations. He served four years as executive director of the Roy A. Hunt Foundation, a multi-generational family foundation that awards $3 million in grants nationally. His dozen years at the Central Indiana Community Foundation included: philanthropic advising, developing grantmaking programs and community initiatives, attracting $39 million in charitable funds, and starting a social enterprise. Before that, he managed financing and capacity building programs for the Indiana Department of Commerce. He’s a native Hoosier recently transplanted to Colorado, an amateur musician, a co-founder of the Awesome Foundation’s chapter in Pittsburgh, and a volunteer for more committees and boards than he can remember.
Elizabeth Sullivan brings deep knowledge on national trends, strategy, and best practices in private philanthropy and corporate giving. In March 2015, Liz joined the National Center for Family Philanthropy as Program Manager to launch the two-year Family Philanthropy Through Community Foundations initiative, designed to enhance the effectiveness of families working with community foundations as their giving partners. From 2006 to 2013, Liz worked at the Council on Foundations, a nonprofit membership association of grantmaking foundations and corporations. Most recently, Liz was Managing Director of Corporate, Independent, and Family Philanthropy where she stewarded a portfolio of ~850 members and led a change management process to integrate and unify member products and programs aimed to strengthen organizations and leaders in philanthropy. During her tenure at the Council, Liz led signature projects including the Disaster Philanthropy Network; a Corporate Philanthropy Initiative that resulted in the seminal guide,Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioner’s Guide to Leading Corporate Philanthropy; and “Philanthropy Solutions: Promising Practice in Corporate Giving,” a set of peer-learning activities that facilitates knowledge sharing among corporate philanthropy leaders.