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Family Giving Beyond Borders for Long-Term Results
October 14, 2010 | Karen Keating Ansara, Rob Buchanan
How can a family foundation or donor advised fund maintain the long-term focus - and patience - needed to achieve real results in international philanthropy? How can families just getting started in international philanthropy make the most difference, even with small grants, and what are the rules and regulations guiding this work? Read More
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The Value of Family Philanthropy in a Democracy
September 15, 2010 | National Center for Family Philanthropy
The passionate generosity of countless American families has inspired – and continues to inspire – extraordinary gifts. Indeed, we may know many of these families more by their philanthropy than by the business successes that made their largesse possible. What is most remarkable is the very phenomenon of American family philanthropy itself. An astonishing number of families make record-setting, private contributions Read More
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How to Manage Relationships with your legal, financial, and investment advisors
September 15, 2010 | National Center for Family Philanthropy
How can we get an honest picture from our advisors about whether the strategies they are pursuing are the right ones? How do we know our advisors are telling us everything we need to know? Consider having general investment, legal and other training sessions for your foundation board that are conducted by someone other than the advisors who you’re working Read More
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Emeritus Board Members: Curse or Blessing?
August 24, 2010 | Alice Buhl
Mom and Dad are aging but we want to keep them involved.  Aunt Sally has been running the foundation forever but the other board members feel it is time for someone else to take over.  Uncle John is beginning to get confused.  The three sisters in the second generation have been controlling things for years but the next generation wants Read More
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Conflicts of Interest: Steering Clear of Potholes and Other Bumps in the Road
June 15, 2010 | Anne Etheridge
Most family foundations prefer to focus on the business of giving, without having to worry about tripping over the sometimes obscure rules and regulations that govern this work. But the fact is that family foundation boards need to be aware of potential potholes on the road named philanthropy. Driving blind down this road can get you into trouble. One potential Read More

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