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Navigating Leadership Transitions in Family Philanthropy
Thursday, March 13, 2014 - 2:30pm
Navigating Leadership Transitions in Family Philanthropy
Thursday, June 12, 2014 - 12:00pm
Every family philanthropy experiences the joy, the sadness, the complexity, and the energy of transitions.
Managing The End of Life
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Jewish Healthcare Foundation is currently funding its five-year Closure ...
Member Spotlight - Staunton Farm
Friday, August 1, 2014
... failings instead of medical disorders. The Staunton Farm Foundation works to counter stigma by helping the public ...
NCFP Webinar - Funding Film to Educate, Engage and Achieve Social Change
Thursday, March 12, 2015 - 2:30pm
Learn how donor families are using films to advance change on the issues of today. Join us for this fascinating look at family foundations investing in films and social action campaigns to advance their mission and create positive social change.
Hot Topics in Washington
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 1:00pm
Join colleagues from across the country to hear about hot policy topics impacting foundations and philanthropy.
America Gives More Act of 2015 Passes House
Friday, February 13, 2015
On February 12, the House of Representatives voted to pass the America Gives More Act, which includes several provisions important to the nonprofit community.
NCFP Webinar: The Critical Role of the Board Chair in Family Philanthropy
Thursday, April 9, 2015 - 12:00pm
What are the critical roles and responsibilities of family foundation board chairs? What are the traps that board chairs ... chair in family philanthropy with international family foundation experts Virginia Esposito and Alice Buhl along ... and principal author of the research report The Family Foundation CEO: Crafting Consensus out of Complexity, as well ...
Nice Companies Finish First
Thursday, January 29, 2015
... corporate social responsibility (CSR) emerges as the foundation of leading companies’ corporate blueprints. Nice ...
Updated Principles for Nonprofit Operations
Sunday, March 1, 2015
Independent Sector (IS) has just released Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice: A Guide for Charities and Foundations, an update of guidelines first developed in 2007.
How Foundant can help you Get on the Map!
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 - 2:00pm
... GWP members have begun to submit their data through the Foundation Center's ereporting method. The grants ... to our regional association’s custom version of Foundation Maps, a highly interactive, searchable mapping platform from Foundation Center that will be accessible to our staff and ...
GWP Members Lead Southwest PA Says No More
Monday, June 8, 2015
FISA Foundation, in partnership with The Heinz Endowments and the ...
Corporate Assistance After the Nepal Earthquakes
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
... early May. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Corporate Aid Tracker , contributions of about ...
Economic Scenario Planning Toolkit
The Economic Scenario Planning (ESP) Model, or "Stress Test," allows community foundations to create five-year forecasts to answer questions such as: What will be the impact of different investment
Philanthropy Stands In Support of Pittsburgh Public Schools
Wednesday, September 9, 2015
... 2016. In an opinion piece, Gregg Behr of The Grable Foundation noted Dr. Lane’s accomplishments over the past ... has grown to 72 percent. Writing on behalf of Grable Foundation, The Buhl Foundation, The Pittsburgh Foundation and The Heinz ...
Partnering to Green Local Transportation
Monday, September 21, 2015
... between the city, Green Building Alliance, The Pittsburgh Foundation and other organizations, this long-term strategy ...
Threats to Tax Exemptions
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 2:00pm
During the webinar we will explore the rationale for exemption of nonprofits and foundations, review current threats to tax exemption including challenges to property tax exemption and payments in lieu of taxes (PILOTS), and explore what state associations and regional associations can do to protect exemptions.
Philanthropy Outlook for 2016 and 2017 Released
Friday, January 1, 2016
... annual growth rates and levels of individual/household, foundation, estate, corporate, and education giving for 2015 ...
NCFP Webinar - Diverse and Dispersed: Managing a Far-Flung Family
Thursday, May 12, 2016 - 12:00pm
... member of the Andrus family, was elected as a Surdna Foundation trustee in 2010. She chairs the committees of the ... families. She is the president of her family’s foundation, the Lawrence Welk Family Foundation. Sharmila Rao Thakkar , MPH, MPA has been working ...
What Aristotle Can Teach Firms About CSR
Monday, September 12, 2016
The author of this piece in Harvard Business Review contends that businesses should consider Aristotle’s teachings on “virtue ethics” – i.e.