Trends in Family Philanthropy 2025 Report: Exploring the Main Findings

Read the Trends 2025 report here.

🔑 Key Moments from the Webinar

• 4:05 Remarks from Erin Hogan, NCFP’s Board Secretary and Private Philanthropy Executive at Bank of America Private Bank, on the history of Trends

• 6:33 Framing remarks for the Trends presentation and insights into the topline findings

• 10:14 The survey methodology and the report findings on foundation identity and grantmaking.

• 26:50 Nick offers reflections on the presentation and answers some audience questions on sustained progress and lifespan decisions

• 35:07 Report findings on family dynamics, governance, operations, and learning

• 44:46 Nick offers reflections before answering audience questions on becoming a learning institution and reflecting on how good governance is crucial to effective stewardship and decision-making

• 47:02 Facilitated Q&A from audience questions including these topics:

  • Next Gen definitions and engagement strategies

  • Practices aligning with equity commitments

  • Shifting power and centering community

  • Shifting operating models and the increased use of multiple charitable vehicles -Leveraging capital and impact investing

  • How will NCFP be using this data and digging deeper into the findings

  • Closing comments, announcements, and instructions for downloading the Trends report

What does the family philanthropy landscape look like? How has it changed across the last decade, and what do those changes mean for the field?

Join us as we discuss the findings of the Trends in Family Philanthropy 2025 report.

We will explore:

• The changes in philanthropic focus for many family philanthropies
• How grantmaking practices are evolving, and whether community needs are coming to the fore
• How philanthropies are learning about new ideas and approaches
• The changes in family dynamics, shifts in how the next generation are being engaged, and the factors that sustain and impede family engagement
• Changes in the make-up of boards
• What the findings suggest about future trends

There will be time at the end of the session for Q&A.

About the Trends report

The Trends survey captures and tracks leading trends in the field of family philanthropy. Conducted every five years, this research identifies emerging issues, changes in funding priorities and governance practices, innovative approaches to giving and decision making, and anticipated future giving patterns and practices among US-based philanthropic families nationally. Ultimately, it aims to equip donors with data they can apply to their decision making.

Trends 2025 is the third iteration of the report and is available to download here.

The Trends 2025 Report is proudly supported by Bank of America.