Emerging Family Leaders Peer Network: Overcoming Psychological Barriers to Giving

Join other young family philanthropy leaders as we explore the behavioral science behind the ten most common barriers to giving.

Donors often face too many choices and are daunted by the complexity of what it takes to give well. They also contend with a fear of judgment, making mistakes, disrupting familial relationships, and more. Everything feels urgent, and yet the issues we face are so big that it doesn’t seem as though any one individual effort can do much, dulling the pressure to give right away and making it easy for donors to defer action. Moreover, a lack of time to devote to philanthropy provides another justification to put it all off.

While each of these barriers alone might challenge even the most committed practitioner, they often combine into a perfect storm of psychological overwhelm. This program, drawing from NCFP’s research, will offer effective and actionable ways for donors to overcome these barriers.

For this interactive meeting, we encourage attendees to join with webcams on. To help foster candid discussions, peer network events are not recorded.

If you are unable to attend this event, but are interested in being a part of the Emerging Family Leaders Peer Network, sign up here. 

A reminder regarding eligibility for this peer network: this network is for next-generation family members (approximately 21–40 years old). If you fall outside this age range, this may not be the best peer network for you. Please see our full list of peer networks to find one that you can get involved in.