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National Center for Family Philanthropy (NCFP) has partnered with Daylight to offer discounted access to the Certified Impact Philanthropy Advisor and certificate programs. This collaboration equips advisors with leading edge resources and knowledge to enhance their expertise. In addition to deepening professional skills, this partnership expands professional networks and builds purposeful connections.
Impact Philanthropy Advisor
The Impact Philanthropy Advisor certification program is designed exclusively for wealth and philanthropic advisors, to help you meet this extraordinary opportunity to grow your business, client relationships and impact.
IPA

THE IMPACT PHILANTHROPY ADVISOR CERTIFICATION

Daylight’s learning platform and network are designed exclusively for wealth and philanthropic advisors, to help you meet this extraordinary opportunity to grow your business, client relationships and impact.

Your home for lifelong learning, Daylight has something for all advisor skill levels and roles – and becoming an Impact Philanthropy Advisor is where you start.

With a mix of expert facilitation and on-demand instruction available online over 20 weeks, the Impact Philanthropy Advisor certificate (IPA) offers the skills and connections to confidently support the needs and expectations of families,

organizations and communities today.

IPA will help you:

Deepen client relationships

Seize

growth opportunities

Accelerate and share your skills

Spark

social impact and family legacies

It’s a transformative era for wealth and philanthropy, requiring new competencies and cultural dexterity to thrive. Amidst a historic $124 trillion intergenerational transfer of wealth, clients are turning to advisors for more than investments and tax planning, and philanthropy’s tools, considerations and goals have become more complex.

 

It’s the perfect time to skill up with IPA.

Register for a live info session.

THE IPA EXPERIENCE

The Impact Philanthropy Advisor certification is a state-of-the-art learning program crafted with decades of experience in philanthropic advising, wealth management and philanthropic education.

 

IPA is the flagship course created by Daylight to meet the demand for contemporary and robust learning solutions. The Advisory Board and faculty, representing the sector’s diversity and breadth, ensure IPA is accessible, relevant and valuable.

IPA participants will receive

20 weeks of learning designed by expert advisors

   • On-demand content and case studies

     • Live group discussions facilitated by industry practitioners

       • New peer connections within your cohort

       • Continuing education credits

     • Complimentary content just for IPAs

   • First access to the Impact Advisors Network 

Celebrations and graduation invitations

IPA WILL ADVANCE YOUR PRACTICE IN 3 AREAS

TECHNICAL

  • Align client values and priorities to achieve philanthropic objectives

  • Assess features and benefits of charitable and non-charitable giving tools

  • Integrate giving strategies within wealth, estate, tax, and philanthropic planning opportunities

RELATIONAL

  • Apply a cultural dexterity framework to support a range of client generations and backgrounds

  • Identify the phases of the client impact journey and motivations

  • Develop your skills and personal style to deepen philanthropic conversations

PRACTICAL

  • Examine the current philanthropic landscape, trends and debates

  • Develop a sustainable philanthropic strategy and expand client relationships

  • Assess the ethical obligations of a philanthropy advisor
     

WHO NEEDS TO BE AN IPA?

Social impact is not just for specialists. Whether in a wealth management firm, DAF sponsor or community foundation, family office, grantmaker or nonprofit, many roles benefit from fluency in philanthropy.

 

IPA is for:

  • Client-facing advisors and team members, to better understand your clients and their families, the options available to them, and to collaborate with fellow advisors.

  • Business development roles, to be nimble and opportunistic with the demands of U/HNW families today.

  • Planning and philanthropic specialists, to support junior team members, and for advanced leaders to update their knowledge and be first to access new courses.

  • Associates interested in social change, to further their career development and boost corporate loyalty and retention.

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ADVISORY BOARD

Dianne Chipps Bailey, JD, CAP®

MD, National Philanthropic Strategy Executive

Bank of America

Stephanie C. Buckley, CAP®

Head of Trust Philanthropic Services

Wells Fargo Private Bank

Nina L. Cohen, JD, CAP®

Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer

Managing Director

Glenmede

Faye Ong, CIPP

Executive Director, Head of the Philanthropy Centre, Singapore and Southeast Asia

J.P.Morgan Private Bank

Padric H.B. Scott, MSFP®, CFP®, AEP®, CAP®, CLU®, WMCP®

President & CEO

Crossroad Capital Partners

Edward Wang, 21/64 Certified Advisor

VP, Family Office of Philanthropy

Marin Community Foundation

Brantley Boyett, JD

President and Co-Founder

Giving Docs

Karen Mae Cheung, LLM, TEP

Regional Dir of Business Development

APAC Growth Strategy & Client Management

Equiom Group

Avery T. Fontaine, CAP®

SVP, Head of Philanthropy & Impact

PNC Private Bank Hawthorn

Alisia Robin, CAP®, IPA

Sr Manager, Strategic Partnerships and Nonprofit Outreach

DAFgiving360

Birger Stamperdahl

President & CEO of Give2Asia

CEO of Myriad Alliance

FACULTY

Tony Macklin, CAP®

Daylight

Aquanetta Betts

JD, AEP®, CAP®, CFRE

Johnson Betts, LLC

Steve Grourke

CAP®, CFRE

National Park Foundation

Cris Lutz, CAP®, CSPG

The Huntington Library, Art

Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Dien Yuen

JD/LLM, CAP®, AEP®

Daylight

Beth Harper Briglia

CPA, CAP®

Philanthropic Advisor

Andrew Ho, MBA, CAP®

National Academy of Sciences

Rick Peck

CAP®, CFP®, CFC®

Rick C. Peck Consulting, LLC

Crystal Thompkins

CAP®, CSPGCM

Daylight

Ginni Galicinao, ACFBA,

ACFWA, CAP®, CPCC, ORSC

Dynamics of Family Wealth

Seth Klukoff

Eoan Strategies, LLC

Rebecca Rothey

CFRE, CAP®, AEP®

Nishita Bakshi

MBA, MSAE

Philanthropy Advisor

Mark Greer, MBA, CAP®

Phīla Engaged Giving

Shelly Kurtz

Eagle Pointe Advisors

FEES

You have the chance to participate in the most ambitious, modern philanthropic learning opportunity available, and benefit from Daylight’s national network and years of instructional and practitioner expertise.

 

IPAs can immediately leverage new skills, connections and visibility with clients and teams, and in the marketplace. Special partnership opportunities are available for organizations interested in maximizing IPA’s national kickoff.

  • About 30 hours, start-to-finish

  • 12-15 advisors per group

  • 12 self-paced modules

  • 5 case studies

  • 10 live virtual cohort conversation

  • IPA Learner's Journal

HOW IT WORKS

For Profit:

$2,850

Nonprofit & Independent Practitioners:

$2,500

FEES
Cohorts starting in October 2025 and January 2026.

Still have questions? See our FAQs.

Register as a member of NCFP, a Daylight Partner.

By using the link above to register for Daylight program's, you are acknowledging that you are a current member of NCFP.

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