Family Foundation Philanthropy 2009: UK, Germany, Italy, US

Susan Price, the National Center's Vice President, has contributed a section on Family Philanthropy in the United States to a new book released by Alliance Publishing Trust, the publishers of Alliance Magazine.

Family Foundation Philanthropy 2009 (PDF) updates and compares trends in the charitable spending of major family foundations in the UK and US. It also presents new data on family foundations in two contrasting continental European countries, Germany and Italy. The historical, legal and political contexts in which such foundations operate in these countries are shown to be significantly different, yet in spite of these differences philanthropy of this kind has constantly found ways to re-emerge and reconfigure itself.

The research presented here demonstrates the strength of family foundation philanthropy and the extent to which it has become a vehicle for successful entrepreneurs and other donors not only to support, but often to strategically influence, the scientific, cultural, social and economic progress of their time. The study also raises questions about the common themes and overarching motivations which give family foundation philanthropy a continuing role under sometimes difficult conditions and in different times, contexts and places.

http://www.alliancemagazine.org/en/content/alliance-publishing-trust