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The Geraldine and Howard Polinger family foundation

Posted by Rebecca Zimmerman on August 11, 2009

One Foundation’s Plan for Embracing the Next Generation Lorre Polinger and her siblings are facing a common challenge in family foundations or funds: how to engage their combined nine children in the family’s philanthropy. Founded in 1968 by their parents, Geraldine and the late Howard Polinger, the...

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