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Leveraging the Power of Differences in the Board Room
This report can be a useful tool for foundation boards at any point in their journey toward leveraging the power of differences.
Partnering with Community for Better Philanthropy
This report examines the unique context of national and large foundations, including the ways in which their size, scale, and orientation pose challenges and create opportunities for meaningful partnership with communities in foundation decision-making.
Perpetuity or Limited Lifespan: How Do Family Foundations Decide?
This report presents the full range of study findings, which are based on survey responses from 1,074 family foundations.
Pride of Place: Sustaining a Family Commitment to Geography
How has place-based family philanthropy evolved over time? This resource is a study of place-based foundations and funds. A place-based foundation or fund is committed—often exclusively—to a particular geographic region of the country.
In Pursuit of Equity: A Family Foundation’s Story
The article covers how the family foundation worked with its board to not only evaluate their foundation's tradition in grantmaking but also discover new ways of working, with a keen focus on remaining responsive in their pursuit of equity.
Supporting Vulnerable Children and Families
This report shows that our nation now faces five “new realities” that are redefining who we are, where and with whom we live, and how we provide for our own welfare, as well as that of our families and communities.
TRANSformational Impact
This report broadly covers funding for transgender communities by U.S. foundations between 2011 and 2013, some of which include funding specifically targeted towards transgender girls and women, transgender boys and men, and gender non-conforming and gender queer people.
Vision and Voice: The Role of Leadership and Dialogue in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This includes findings from interviews with 23 regional foundation leaders and in-depth exploration of a unique peer cohort, consisting of 10 leaders who met on an ongoing basis to discuss and support each other in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in their organizations.
Why Family Foundations Lose Their Way
This is a report on who family-owned foundations lose their way.
Trends 2020
Trends 2020 provides an update to NCFP’s 2015 Trends in Family Philanthropy Study, and includes new information on trends in areas such as transparency and community engagement, founder involvement, strategic lifespan, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in family philanthrop
Analysis of Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The Analysis of Policies, Practices, and Programs for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is a useful tool for foundation staff, leadership and other members of the philanthropy community who want to take action to advance DEI.
A Date Certain: Lessons from Limited Life Foundations
The limited life approach in philanthropy has received increased attention in recent years. But across foundations, perpetuity is often still seen to be the default, and there is considerable uncertainty about the practice of spending down.
The 2020 Giving Landscape
The sector has evolved in the wake of COVID-19, racial injustice, partisan tension, and economic challenges. How have the events of 2020 altered the pace, method, and effectiveness of donor response?
The Business Case for Racial Equity
This report seeks to expand the narrative associated with racial equity by adding a compelling economic argument to the social justice goal.
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