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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
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Generations of Giving: Transitions in Family Foundations
Book ChapterProfiles of Families
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A Legacy Lives On: The Kaplan Family Foundation’s Successful Leadership Transition
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Next generation leadership: Exploring transition at the Andrus Family Fund
ReportNCFP Webinars
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Navigating Leadership Transitions in Family Philanthropy
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Generational Transitions: The Never-ending Story
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Who’s Up Next? Planning for Leadership Succession
Additional Reading
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Five strategies for managing transitions in family philanthropy
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Passing the Baton: Sharing Leadership Among Generations
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In Times of Growth: Planning for an Influx of Assets
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Does NCFP have any resources to help my board chair prepare their successor?
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CEO Transitions in Family Foundations
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Emeritus Board Members: Curse or Blessing?
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Death, Legacy, and Leadership Transition
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