MCF’s New Digital Content Specialist Logs On January 11, 2023 In December, we welcomed Julia Carabelli as our Digital Content Specialist. Julia will primarily be designing and scheduling social media posts to highlight nonprofits, donors, awarded grants, events, MCF staff...
To deepen their understanding of philanthropy and its role in financial and estate planning, MCF hosted a study group of local advisors working to earn their Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy (CAP) credential. Anna Burish, an MCF Board member and a financial advisor with The Burish Group – UBS Financial Services Inc. shares what being part of that group meant to her.
In late October, a group of MCF staff members spent an afternoon helping to protect our local lakes and the Yahara watershed by volunteering with Clean Lakes Alliance and Dane County Parks. Our mission: to collect native prairie plant seeds.
MCF stewards more than 50 Field of Interest funds and awards nearly $1 million in grants each year. Field of Interest funds allow donors and fundholders to support a broad area of interest and rely on MCF's expertise to select the projects to support each year. Learn about some of the grants we've made so far in 2022.
Earlier this month, we gathered to celebrate our Legacy Society members; people who plan to support the community and the causes they care about through their estates. This year, we enjoyed brunch and program at MYArts.
Rising interest rates may make a charitable gift annuity (CGA) an even more attractive option for your charitable giving. If you've been considering a CGA, now may be a good time to move ahead.
While today's stock market volatility, high inflation, surging gas prices and ongoing uncertainty are unsettling for investors, MCF maintains its long-term focus and uses a strategic asset allocation strategy to protect the portfolio's returns.
MCF uses several tools to minimize the impact of market instability, inflation and recession on the distributions from the endowment funds held here. Our total return spending policy is one of those tools.
Camille joined MCF last week as Director of Donor & Giving Partner Engagement. She will be working with individuals, nonprofits and our giving partners as part of the donor engagement team.
Nonprofit leaders in Madison have a bounty of knowledge locked in their heads. But how does that knowledge get shared, and with whom? MCF recently engaged in a multi-year research project with UW-Madison Extension Dane County to explore the availability of resources needed to sustain a thriving nonprofit ecosystem in Dane County.
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