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Aligning your external mission with your family’s values

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April 4, 2016

Doug Bitonti Stewart

Why did your family start giving? Did you want to achieve a specific impact on an issue close to your hearts or did you want to bring your…

Why we must stand up for overhead

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March 3, 2016

Katherine Lorenz

As family philanthropists, it’s difficult to read headlines about abuses at wasteful, extravagant nonprofits without feeling the urge to…

Good Governance: How Should Family Foundation Boards Spend Their Time?

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February 9, 2016

Phillip Henderson

Checks landing in the mailboxes of nonprofit organizations with foundation return addresses have long been considered philanthropy’s most…

Can general operating support become the new normal?

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January 26, 2016

Jen Teunon

Foundations seemed so mysterious to me when I started my career in nonprofits. At the time, back in 1993, I was a novice grantwriter for a…

10 general guidelines for greater foundation transparency

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December 15, 2014

Rick Cohen

Editor’s Note: This special guest column originally appeared in Nonprofit Quarterly’s “The Cohen Report.” It is reprinted here with…

What is mission investing and is it different from impact investing?

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October 17, 2014

Mission investments are made by foundations and other mission-based organizations to further their philanthropic goals. Mission investments…

12 strategies to Have a Bigger Impact with a Small Grant

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September 18, 2014

Kris Putnam-Walkerly

Some of the most effective change starts with a small grant. By following a few simple strategies, you can create a growing ripple effect…

How can my family foundation use real estate for tax-advantaged charitable giving?

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August 18, 2014

Dennis Bidwell

Most of my work these days is with nonprofit organizations seeking to increase the charitable contributions they receive in the form of real…

Families and Community Foundations: Natural Partners, Enhanced Results

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September 15, 2013

Family philanthropy has been at the heart of the community foundation field since its inception. In 1914, Frederick H. Goff and his family…

What is a disqualified person?

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May 15, 2013

Benjamin T. White

Self-dealing is defined to include almost all business and financial transactions between a private foundation and its “disqualified persons…

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