Resources

Topic: “Family Philanthropy”

Webinar Recording
Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships

September 29, 2017 Laura McHugh / Boards and Governance, Family Philanthropy, Grantmaking

Building and sustaining effective youth-adult partnerships is key to both advancing youth philanthropy initiatives and fostering youth development. Participants will come away from this webinar with tangible tools and resources to set themselves up for success in developing youth leadership skills and facilitating meaningful investments of time, talent, and treasure. Speakers: Gaby Baum, Daniel Horgan,... Read More

Donor Intent: Building a Legacy of Impact Through Partnerships

August 3, 2017 Charles H. Hamilton / Family Philanthropy, Impact and Evaluation

Donor intent matters. A bevy of articles, consultants, and examples are available on how to craft donor intent statements and how to communicate them. Whatever the content and form, they should be dynamic, reciprocal learning tools that engage family members and beneficiaries. Extreme care needs to be applied so donor intent is not a one-way,... Read More

Coming to the Work as Equals

May 8, 2017 Paul Serini / Boards and Governance, Family Philanthropy

When my wife and I set up our family foundation in 2012, we engaged my three children (then in their late teens and early 20s) in deciding whether a foundation was something we wanted to do as a family. We pressed the kids long and hard, even handed out questionnaires, wanting it to be a... Read More

You Talk With Your Mentor About What Exactly?

December 22, 2016 Nathaniel James / Administration, Family Philanthropy

Mentorship is an elusive idea. Magazines are full of advice on building and maintaining most kinds of relationships (employment, marriage, parenting), but there are few road maps for finding and nurturing mentorships. This despite the fact that most, if not all, leaders will include the support they received from mentors as part of their recipes... Read More

More Ways to Create Space for Your Next Generation

July 20, 2016 Stephen Alexander / Boards and Governance, Family Philanthropy

Last year, for organizations positioned to engage young leaders and for young leaders themselves, a colleague and I shared ways to create a welcoming space for the next generation to learn and build confidence. See Are You Creating Space for Young Leaders to Lead? >> Because the challenge of engaging the next generation—and getting engaged as... Read More

How Leadership Succession Planning Can More Deeply Engage Family and Board

September 21, 2015 Jill Blair Jeff Glebocki / Boards and Governance, Family Philanthropy

This post is the second in a 2-part series on leadership succession planning. Read part 1 on the importance of planning for leadership succession now. Exponent Philanthropy members can explore these themes further in an article by the same authors in our Fall 2015 issue of Essentials. Leadership succession planning is a process, not just a... Read More

Resources

Webinar Recording
Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships

Donor Intent: Building a Legacy of Impact Through Partnerships

You Talk With Your Mentor About What Exactly?

More Ways to Create Space for Your Next Generation

How Leadership Succession Planning Can More Deeply Engage Family and Board

Key Insights from the 2025 Foundation Operations & Management Report

Foundation Operations and Management Report

Foundations 101 Series