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Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation Employee Handbook (March 2025 Edition)

This handbook details workplace policies, benefits, leave policies, and expectations at the Jamie and Denise Jacob Family Foundation. It’s a valuable resource for foundations creating or updating their employee policies. Topics include: Compensation, benefits, and paid leave Workplace culture and expectations Anti-harassment and non-discrimination policies Technology, social media, and confidentiality guidelines Read More

Reflections on Participatory Grantmaking from a Retiring Executive Director

For more than 20 years, I served as the executive director for a leanly staffed foundation with deep roots in a small city in upstate New York. The Troy Savings Bank Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic legacy of a community bank founded in 1823, grew substantially after the bank’s acquisition by another financial institution in 2004.... Read More

What Recent Executive Orders Mean for Foundation Giving and Governance

On September 25, 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order addressing domestic terrorism and organized political violence. On December 4, 2025, the Attorney General issued a memorandum that “reshapes how domestic terrorism will be defined, investigated, charged, and resourced across the federal government.” Taken together, these developments prompted many funders to consider their possible... Read More

If Our Investments Undermine Our Mission, What Are We Really Funding?

For decades, foundations have led with grantmaking. But too often, we’ve overlooked a fundamental truth: our investment decisions are also mission decisions. When we deploy capital, we shape markets, influence corporate behavior, and affect communities—sometimes reinforcing and sometimes undermining the very outcomes we fund through grants. If we are serious about advancing thriving communities, economic... Read More

Going Public With Your Giving

Some philanthropists decide to operate in the public realm early on. buy keflex online https://www.sossingaporemedevac.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/jpg/keflex.html no prescription pharmacy But others go public at some point over time, often when they feel compelled to act. However it emerges, going public can be a pivotal transition point and a bold act of leadership. The Troy Savings Bank... Read More

Sharing the Baton: One Foundation’s Perspective on Family Leadership Transitions

In an interview with Andrea Pactor of Women’s Philanthropy Institute, Exponent Philanthropy member Jane Leighty Justis, board chair of The Leighty Foundation, describes steps she and the foundation leadership are taking to educate and engage the foundation’s next generations. When Ike Leighty was in his 60s, he and a partner began a small manufacturing business.... Read More