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Family Giving News

The nation’s most widely read e-newsletter for giving families

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Friends of the Family may also use the special Family Giving News Archives feature in Family Philanthropy Online for a complete, searchable database of old FGN articles.

Family Giving News connects you with important new trends and the latest research in family philanthropy. In each issue, you'll find:

Feature articles examining important issues in family giving, including general operating vs. program support, privacy and publicity, going beyond grantmaking, and raising charitable children
Profiles in Family Philanthropy that capture some of today’s most inspiring, innovative, and creative giving families in action
“Ask the Center,” where we answer readers’ burning questions on everything from governance to grantmaking
Reader polls, news, research, and trends from around the web, and more…

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FUN FACTS

In 1913, John D. Rockefeller, Sr. made gifts totaling $35 million to the newly chartered Rockefeller Foundation. A year later, he added $65 million. The Rockefeller Foundation currently has over $3 billion in assets and has given away more than $14 billion.

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