Meaningfully Engaging Next-Generation Adults in Your Family Philanthropy

The guide

During this session Cara Binder-Kopchick, along with Theo Avery, Jenna Mulhall-Brereton, and Kelly Nowlin discussed guide’s critical points and shared their own experiences with navigating next-generation transitions.

The guide has now been published and is available to read here.

🔑 Key Moments from the Webinar

2:00 Context from NCFP on how our network is grappling with multigenerational engagement and transitions

4:14 Jenna Mulhall-Brereton introduces National Philanthropic Trust and provides a scan of the family philanthropy landscape; what to listen for during the panel discussion

13:50 An overview of the newly released guide and its three phases

18:05 Introduction to Kelly Nowlin and her experience with the Surdna Foundation

20:28 Introduction to Theo Avery and his experience with the Durfee Foundation

22:24 Phase 1: insights into ‘Laying the Groundwork’

29:36 Phase 2: insights into ‘Effective Onboarding’

39:45 Phase 3: insights into ‘Continuing to Grow and Evolve Together’ and sustaining a learning mindset

49:14 How advisors can use the guide as they engage with donor families

51:59 How to balance different viewpoints and priorities within families

Webinar description

One of the most important moments in the life of a family’s philanthropy is when those who are currently managing the efforts formally welcome members of the next generation—or generations—into the work.

At any stage this process requires careful planning, but formally doing so when they are adults can be particularly complex. It can come with myriad challenges, but also great benefits.

Join our expert panel to explore the findings of NCFP’s new publication A Guide to Meaningfully Engaging Next-Generation Adults in Your Philanthropy, which addresses these challenges and provides a roadmap for successful onboarding of next-generation adults. The panelists will be sharing their own insights and experiences of participating in and facilitating similar onboarding experiences.

About the Series

Community Conversations are topical webinars on issues and trends in family philanthropy and are available to the field at large. These events lift up experts in the field, challenge philanthropists in their thinking and practices, and share timely stories and strategies in the family philanthropy community.