
Many families put off preparing for a transition until it is upon them. Fear of the day a key family member and leader will no longer be able to participate is a common explanation for why families don’t address critical preparation for a leadership transition.
This Content Collection encourages you to view upcoming transitions as an opportunity – to learn from where you’ve been, to envision a future built on that past, and to establish systems and practices that allow you to fulfill all the potential you can imagine. It’s the gift of family philanthropy—legacy and promise.
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Family Philanthropy Transitions: Possibilities, Problems and Potential
Passages Issue Briefs
Generations of Giving: Transitions in Family Foundations
Book ChapterProfiles of Families

A Legacy Lives On: The Kaplan Family Foundation’s Successful Leadership Transition
Passages Issue Briefs
Next generation leadership: Exploring transition at the Andrus Family Fund
ReportNCFP Webinars

Navigating Leadership Transitions in Family Philanthropy

Generational Transitions: The Never-ending Story

Who’s Up Next? Planning for Leadership Succession
Additional Reading

Five strategies for managing transitions in family philanthropy
New Media
Passing the Baton: Sharing Leadership Among Generations
Article
In Times of Growth: Planning for an Influx of Assets
Passages Issue Briefs
Does NCFP have any resources to help my board chair prepare their successor?
Article
CEO Transitions in Family Foundations
Article
Emeritus Board Members: Curse or Blessing?
Ask the Center
Death, Legacy, and Leadership Transition
Passages Issue Briefs