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Benefits for Friends of the Family

  • Access family philanthropists near home and across the country for issue-specific collegial advice.
  • Gain expertise from the National Center staff and their resources.
  • Receive complimentary copies of each installment of the Passages issue paper series.
  • Provide your staff and trustees access to the Family Philanthropy Online Knowledge Center, our searchable database of more than 1,000 articles, sample documents, and issue papers on the issues giving families and foundations face in their journeys as effective, responsible grantmakers.
  • Offer your staff and trustees our monthly teleconference series. Each session includes a presentation followed by Q&A on a timely topic, e.g., giving in challenging economic times, succession planning, the establishment of adjunct and advisory boards, the value of family in philanthropy, and many more.
  • Receive special invitations to National Center events, such as regional symposia and conference receptions.
  • Receive a 20% discount on all National Center publications.

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FUN FACTS

There are more than 37,000 family foundations in the United States.  In 2006, they collectively held more than $266 billion in assets and gave away more than $16 billion in grants.

Source:  The Foundation Center

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Hear what your colleague has to say about his Knowledge Center subscription:


"Family Philanthropy Online is the number-one resource I turn to in my work with family donors. I love the fact that I can find not only relevant reports but also materials I find nowhere else, such as donor-intent letters crafted by a wide variety of foundations and audio files from teleconferences I shouldn't have missed but did. FP Online greatly accelerates learning in our sector and reduces the reinvention of wheels among donors and their advisors." Lowell Weiss, Cascade Philanthropy Advisors