Knowledge Center
Find answers to your giving questions at the Family Philanthropy Online Knowledge Center—a searchable, comprehensive and continually updated collection of more than 1,000 articles, case studies, profiles, presentations, reports, sample policies, and discussion papers related to family philanthropy and ready for you to download. Topics include:
- Teaching and involving your children in family philanthropy
- Managing conflict and family dynamics in philanthropic decision-making
- Creating a mission statement and guidelines
- Finding a focus for your grantmaking
- Understanding the legal and ethical dilemmas of family giving
- Dealing with the effects of geographic dispersion
- Creating a meaningful legacy for your family’s giving
- And more!
Sources of FP Online content
- The comprehensive collection of publications and issue papers of the National Center for Family Philanthropy, the nation’s only information resource devoted exclusively to family giving
- An impressive variety of well-known magazines, philanthropy organizations, and consulting firms that support the work of giving families
- Family foundations and community foundations at the forefront of family philanthropy practice
Ways subscribers use this knowledge
- Support the needs of their members or donors
- Research agenda items for board meetings
- Access handouts for board discussions
- Supplement foundation and organization newsletters
- Research sample policies and procedures to be adapted internally (i.e., conflict of interest, board orientation, etc.)
- Listen to live teleconference events alone or as a group with family members, staff, or donors; many participants also hold group discussions after the call
- Listen to recorded audio of past teleconference events
Additional FP Online Benefits
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