Telling Your Story: Options for Meaningful Communications
Going public" with your grantmaking means taking a risk, but a thoughtful, consistent communications strategy can help a family foundation build upon its ability to have an impact. Read More
Breaking Ground: Considerations for Starting a New Family Philanthropy
September 21, 2006 | Curtis W. Meadows Jr.
This session will be helpful to both experienced philanthropists starting a new philanthropy and first-timers wondering where to begin, as well as to advisors struggling to give their clients a template for success in areas outside the legal and financial issues. Read More
Sharing Values Effectively Across Generations
August 10, 2006 | Sharna Goldseker
Sometimes it can be tough to communicate values across generations even if the only thing that changes is the vocabulary. Although at heart we know that members of our family share values, defining and verbalizing a shared philosophy can take a special effort Read More
Legacy Grant Making: What Granddad Would Have Wanted
July 13, 2006 | Virginia M. Esposito
In many situations, legacy grants are not directly the result of explicit donor intent -- there may have been no specific instructions from the founder to continue this funding. Read More
Maximizing Returns: Mission Related Investing
June 8, 2006 | Luther M. Ragin Jr., Sharon King
By divorcing grantmaking from investment strategies, many foundations use only a small portion of their fiscal power and influence in trying to make an impact for good. Read More
Creating Social Change Through Your Family’s Philanthropy
April 13, 2006 | Alison D. Goldberg, Jamie Schweser
'Social change philanthropy', a term often applied to philanthropy that tries to address the root causes of societal inequalities, is being embraced by family philanthropists of all generations. Read More
The Practices of Effective Families
January 12, 2006 | Charles W. Collier
In this interactive session, Charles W. Collier, the senior philanthropic advisor at Harvard University, explored and discussed seven practices of effective families through the lens of family systems theory. He also provided fresh insights on developing the four basic components that comprise true family wealth: human, intellectual, social, and financial capital. Read More
The Future of Family Philanthropy
December 15, 2005 | Virginia M. Esposito, Katherine Fulton
What will family philanthropy look like in the year 2020? How will globalization, immigration, geographic dispersion, and the vast array of new web-based initiatives for giving continue to affect the how, why, who, when and where of family philanthropy? NCFP President Virginia Esposito and special guest Katherine Fulton from the Global Business Network had a wide-ranging, forward-looking conversation on the future Read More
Measuring Effectiveness as a Family Philanthropy
November 10, 2005 | Doug Bauer
While no family launches a charitable giving vehicle with the intention of spending time and resources without results, it can often be difficult to quantify or even evaluate the results of your philanthropy. Certainly every family hopes that their giving will have a positive impact on the lives of those in their communities, but how can the results of your Read More
Ethical Wills: Passing on a Philanthropic Legacy
October 20, 2005 | Susan Turnbull
An Ethical Will is a beautiful, sensible and compelling document, which provides the means to answer the question, ‘What do I want my loved ones to know?’ Legal and financial documents address only, ‘What do I want my loved ones to have?’ Yet our lives and legacies are so much richer than simply our monetary assets. This session with an Read More
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