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Capacity-building efforts for the community foundation field
TPI has catalyzed and carried out capacity-building efforts for the community foundation field since our inception. Examples of our field building work include the following:
Excellence in Family Philanthropy Initiative – TPI is serving as secretariat for this exciting effort to support the development of tools and templates, training curriculum and a peer learning agenda for community foundation staff who work with families. Nineteen community foundations who are experienced with and committed to working with families are participating in the initiative throughout 2006.
Engaging Families – TPI created and piloted a 2 day learning program to build the capacity of community foundation staff who work with families. Participants at this pioneering workshop contributed to the design of the subsequent Excellence in Family Philanthropy Initiative. (2005)
Community Foundations and Family Philanthropy: Stepping into the Future– In partnership with the National Center for Family Philanthropy, TPI convened 21 community foundation CEO’s for a national summit on the opportunities, concerns and needs of the community foundation field with regard to the explosive growth of family philanthropy. (2004)
Training for Emerging European Community Foundations. TPI provided training on marketing of services and new donor outreach to the leadership of emerging community foundations in Central and Eastern Europe. (European Foundation Center and the Bertelsman Foundation, 2001.)
Statewide Survey of Advisor Market. TPI was engaged to conduct a state-wide survey of the advisor market regarding knowledge of philanthropic practices, networks and services. (The Council for Michigan Foundations and the Kellogg Foundation, 1996.)
Primer on the Intergenerational Transfer of Wealth - - A primer on how community foundations could strategically target the upcoming intergenerational transfer of wealth. This represented one of the first calls to community foundations to formalize and expand their connections to professional advisors (Kellogg Foundation, 1994)
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