About this collection: This content collection was curated to help answer those questions and allow your philanthropic family to better accommodate diverse systems of giving.
How can families with multi-faceted philanthropic efforts – those with multiple foundations or funds, who are also using impact investing and other creative strategies – develop governance systems and structures that accommodate this complexity? What processes are these “complex” families using to allocate available human capital to the various governance structures? What approaches are they using to address dilemmas of a unified versus diverse philanthropic agenda across different vehicles? And how are they managing family dynamics in these complex governance systems?
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August 8, 2019
Family Philanthropy Through Multiple Vehicles
How can families with multi-faceted philanthropic efforts – those with multiple foundations or funds, who are also using impact investing and other creative strategies – develop governance systems and structures that accommodate this complexity? What processes are these “complex” families using to allocate available human capital to the various governance…
February 25, 2005
Generations of Giving: Lessons on Governance and Continuity
For every family member involved in a family foundation or advised fund, there are two fundamental questions: Why are we doing this? And why am I participating? The second in a two-part series, Kelin Gersick presented key lessons on governance and explored questions in the areas of reviewing and reinventing…
December 8, 2004
Generations of Giving: the Development of the Family Foundation
For every family member involved in a family foundation or advised fund, there are two fundamental questions: Why are we doing this? And why am I participating? The first in a two-part series, Kelin Gersick presented the results of the National Center's recent publication, Generations of Giving: Leadership and Continuity…
