MCF Member Orientation: Make the Most of Your Membership
Join this open-format conversation to connect with peers and learn about your MCF membership benefits and opportunities.
Join this open-format conversation to connect with peers and learn about your MCF membership benefits and opportunities.
Understand the valuable role and work of the Federal Reserve, including their research on small businesses and their community development engagement work.
Whether your family is contemplating how to evolve existing philanthropic structures or designing new ones that remain responsive to changing contexts, this session will provide peer reflections, lessons, and plans to help shape a future looking philanthropy that remains true to both vision and legacy.
This webinar will explore how to move beyond basic metrics and cultivate evaluation practices that reflect deeper, systemic change—not just outputs.
This session will explore how to shift from siloed giving toward cross-family learning, multisector alliances, and community-led strategies.
Join us to explore what it takes not only to give, but to endure—avoiding burnout, nurturing wellness, and reinforcing accountability so your work remains vibrant across generations.
This webinar will examine how to thoughtfully evolve, not just preserve, giving for the long-term. We’ll explore decisions about spending down versus operating in perpetuity, the implications of splitting or restructuring, and how to align evolving vehicles and governance to your family’s values and impact goals.
Join us to hear from philanthropic families who are exploring the art and opportunity of generational transitions and multigenerational leadership in ways that allow all family members to meaningfully contribute and lead together.
In this community conversation, we invite family philanthropy practitioners to explore how giving evolves as families grow, diversify, and span generations, drawing on research that highlights the challenges and opportunities in balancing individual member interests and a shared philanthropic purpose.
Join this webinar to hear from philanthropic families who challenge the traditional assumptions, routines, and processes that often dominate family giving.
In this webinar, we will explore how family philanthropies can unlock their full philanthropic potential by aligning both traditional and nontraditional vehicles with strategic intent.
Join us for an interactive session that will examine how typical funder-grantee relationships often reproduce power imbalances, and how thoughtful shifts in mindset, practice, and structure can foster genuine trust, deeper collaboration, and more equitable outcomes.