Happy to have contributed to the National Center for Philanthropy Philanthropy webinar and resulting article on family foundations and family giving: FEATURE: Finding Common Ground, Valuing Different Views (April 2012 FGN). NCFP and GMA Foundations also led a session on managing diverse family opinions at the 2012 Family Philanthropy Conference. They sent this PDF of articles on enhancing [...]
Author: tonymacklin
Philanthropoid working at the intersection of meaningful giving and community results. Excited when everyday people lead community improvement, and when everyday people are recognized for their generosity.
The Nonprofit Quarterly's Rick Cohen has an insightful article today on donor-advised funds managed by financial services firms and other national providers. The article provides counterpoint to worries about those national DAFs raised by nonprofits and others. In his concluding paragraph, he writes: In contrast, DAFs are, dare we say it, an instrument toward democratizing [...]
The Foundation World Needs Community Philanthropy to Succeed
“Participation is the new endowment.” This observation from the Aspen Institute’s Janet Topolsky has been stuck in my head since I read it a month ago in the Nonprofit Quarterly. She was part of a panel discussing the recent report The Value of Community Philanthropy by the C.S Mott Foundation and Aga Khan Foundation. The [...]
Foundation Executive as Community Builder
“…outside resources will be much more effectively used if the local community is itself fully mobilized and invested, and if it can define the agendas for which additional resources must be obtained.” - Building Communities from the Inside Out, John P. Kretzmann and John L. McKnight, 1993. I’ve been reflecting on how much my early training [...]
Tony Macklin 