Fall 2007
Family Philanthropy Resources
Key Facts on Family Foundations
Foundation Center, 2007.
Half of the nation's nearly 34,000 grantmaking family foundations gave less than $50,000 in 2005, according to the Foundation Center's newly updated Key Facts on Family Foundations. Among larger family foundations, grantmaking priorities included education and health, followed by arts and culture and human services.
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Principled Planning: A Guide for Family Foundation Retreats
Council on Foundations, 2006. 60 pages
A practical guide on planning a family foundation retreat, this book is based on the Council's Stewardship Principles. The book includes examples and anecdotes from all types of grantmaking organizations and presents its information in a format that works for those new to retreats or experienced with them.
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A Founder's Guide to the Family Foundation: How to Use, Enjoy and Govern Your Family Foundation
Douglas Freeman and Lee Hausner, Council on Foundations, 2006. 39 pages. $19 members; $29 nonmembers
What's it like to launch a family foundation — and keep it going? This husband-and-wife team has answers to these and dozens more questions about starting, organizing and managing a foundation. This professional but personal account of launching a foundation offers practical guidance in three key areas: governing the foundation, making grants and gifts and transferring leadership.
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Facing Forever: Planning for Change in Family Foundations
Elaine Gast, Council on Foundations, 2004. 170 pages. $12.50 members; $19.50 nonmembers
As family foundations mature, their options and opportunities become more complex. The Council on Foundations' Facing Forever was written to help family foundations learn how to circumvent or manage challenges of change and discover opportunities in those times.
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National Center for Family Philanthropy
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Family Giving News
NCFP's free monthly e-mail newsletter providing information on important new trends in family giving and the latest and best resources available on family philanthropy.
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Family Philanthropy Journals and Workbooks
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Sustaining Tradition:
The Andrus Family Philanthropy Program
Deanne Stone, National Center for Family Philanthropy, 2003. 70 pages, $30
When Surdna Foundation decided it wanted to involve all of the members of the founding Andrus family, they knew they were starting a formidable challenge. Historically, they had involved a select few members from each generation in the family's philanthropy and maintained a low public profile. Their new goal was to involve nearly 350 family members in eight branches, spread over three continents.
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Online Knowledge Center and Teleconferences
The Minnesota Council on Foundations offers its members access to NCFP's Online Knowledge Center and Virtual Seminars. FP Online provides families, trustees and staff constant access and timely updates to cutting-edge information on trends, strategies and research for community-based philanthropy.
The FP Online Knowledge Center contains more than 700 articles, board discussion papers, checklists and sample forms providing practical advice and perspective on key topics. These resources are useful and appropriate for those new to family philanthropy, as well as for more experienced philanthropists and advisors.
In addition to the online knowledge center, MCF members can participate in Family Philanthropy Virtual Seminars, which feature experts in the field of family philanthropy. These monthly teleconferences, which normally cost $75, are available to MCF members at no charge.
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