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NCFP Webinar: Defining Your Family’s Philanthropic Purpose
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 - 2:00pm
... generosity? What priorities propel your social action? A clear philanthropic purpose defines  why  you want to make a difference and your  priorities  for where and who you ... explore new tools for guiding a family’s conversations about purpose. The webinar is the first of five designed to ...
NCFP Webinar - Avoiding Avoidance: Addressing and Managing Conflict
Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 12:00pm
... evolving, and changing. What makes it good or bad or a positive or negative experience is how it's managed. On ... family conflict. Featured speakers Elaine Gast Fawcett is a philanthropy writer and content strategist who has been ... organizations, including Rachel's Network, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Voices & Choices of the Central ...
History of Philanthropy Reading List
  The following resources provide more information on the study of philanthropy, a relatively new field of academic interest.   History of Philanthropy, General   Philanthropy in America: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia , edited by Dwight F. ...
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GWP Policy Positions
... gifts. Additionally, GWP supports the creation of a universal charitable deduction designed to 1) encourage all ... private foundation excise tax on net investment income to a flat rate. Dedicate use of the revenue raised for its ... ethical and accountable management of the charitable resources in these funds for the public good. GWP opposes ...
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Environment and Community Engagement: Citizen Science Where It Matters Most
Thursday, May 17, 2018 - 9:00am
... report the American Lung Association gave Allegheny County a failing grade for all levels of air pollution. This is ... and education, to economic and workforce development.  A number of local organizations are now using an approach ... most pressing environmental challenges. Join us for a discussion with some of these local experts who are deeply ...
Sample Matching Gift Forms
... Gift forms (the forms employees would use to submit to a nonprofit to have their donation matched) for reference. ... Members for sharing your documents for others to use as a guide. Sample Matching Gift Forms ...
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NCFP Webinar: Balancing Internal vs. External Missions in Family Philanthropy
Thursday, May 14, 2015 - 12:00pm
... philanthropy? Are you primarily interested in achieving a particular grantmaking mission? Or are you interested in ... impact to strengthen families and communities. He is a member of a number of nonprofit boards and serves the ... where he has also served as a guest lecturer in the Org Studies program. Linda Tracy  is program associate at ...
Tri-State Community Foundation Partnership Webinar - Fear Not the Board Meeting: Effective (and fun!) Board Governance
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 1:00pm
... help you get the most out of your board meetings. Discuss a unique approach to board self-reflection -- including the ... -- and explore how to use standing committees as a means to maximize board engagement. Bring your nagging ... is a fee of $50 to participate .  After registering on GWPA's website, further details regarding connecting to the ...
GWP Member Going Paperless - Listserv Inquiry
... We do, however, print the signed Grant Agreement and have a hard copy annual file for these documents. Correspondence ... – we store them both ways. We still maintain a hard copy in a fireproof safe and we store them on our ... guidelines in regards to what the correspondence is about. For keeping board books, we use BoardEffect. If ...
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Cultivating Emerging Philanthropic Leaders
... younger workers into their grantmaking staff through a number of models. One such model is  through time-limited, ... fellowships with similar  objectives.   According to a recent survey conducted by the Emerging Leaders Working ... for North Carolina grantmakers who wish to learn more about the success of  existing fellowship programs at peer ...
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Generations of Giving
G enerosity is a hallmark of every race, ethnicity and  tribe. But for almost a century, the donors who earned  their money during ... ethnic and tribal communities  have their own ideas about grantmaking and their own  structures for giving money ...
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NCFP Webinar - Trends in Family Philanthropy: Identity, Leadership, and the Future of Family Philanthropy
Thursday, December 10, 2015 - 12:00pm
... Family Philanthropy and its Board of Directors.  She was a founding board member of the National Center for Family ... “Pursuit of Excellence” assessment process. Alice is a Senior Consultant for Lansberg, Gersick & Associates. ... She has written numerous issue papers and articles for and about family giving. Ginny has actively sought to embrace new ...
NCFP Webinar: Planning for an Influx of Assets
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 12:00pm
An influx of assets—whether sudden or expected—is a powerful transition point in your family’s philanthropy. With rising resources comes the budding potential to do more of what you’re already doing: making a difference according to your foundation’s mission. With ...
Briefing and Panel Discussion: Air Quality in Our Region - Better Isn’t Good Enough
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 9:00am
... at levels measured today in Pittsburgh — is linked to a long list of serious health problems from cradle to grave, ... Endowment s in the fall of 2011, the Breathe Project is a coalition of residents, businesses, nonprofit ... will engage a panel of community members in a conversation about how air quality affects the lives of residents and ...

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