Generations of Giving

Leadership and Continuity in Family Foundations

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Generations of Giving

Leadership and Continuity in Family Foundations

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Using detailed and comprehensive analysis, Generations of Giving: Leadership and Continuity in Family Foundations examines continuity and leadership over time within family foundations. Based upon a study of foundations in the United States and Canada that have survived through at least two generations, the authors ask probing questions, including: Why were the foundations started? What did they look like at the beginning? How did the families of the founders come to be involved? And how did they organize themselves to do their work from year to year, decade to decade? Although the foundations in the study are quite diverse in their goals and management, they have all had to confront and survive a common set of challenges. At the core of this volume is the study of two aspects of philanthropy: funding and volunteers_each essential to the survival of a foundation. This study is about the 'why' and the 'how' of these two crucial aspects. The authors give a truly unique perspective, which serves as a powerful tool for readers as they address the specific situations of their own foundations. A thorough and powerful work, Generations of Giving: Leadership and Continuity in Family Foundations demands that we must not only appreciate philanthropy, but we must also increase our understanding so that we can do it better.A co-publication with the National Center for Family Philanthropy

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction
Part 2 Part I: Family Foundations in Context
Chapter 3 Understanding Family Foundations
Chapter 4 Family Philanthropy in North America
Part 5 Part II: The Development of the Family Foundation
Chapter 6 Choices and Challenges for the Controlling Trustee Foundation
Chapter 7 The Collaborative Family Foundation
Chapter 8 The Family-Governed Staff-Managed Family Foundation
Part 9 Part III: Lessons on Governance and Continuity
Chapter 10 Mission and Dream: Inventing and Reinventing the Foundation
Chapter 11 Family Dynamics
Chapter 12 Developing the Organizational Structure
Chapter 13 Preparing for Future Generations
Chapter 14 The Promise of Generations of Giving
Chapter 15 Appendices
Chapter 16 Bibliography

Product details

Published 27 Sep 2006
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 304
ISBN 9780739118634
Imprint Lexington Books
Dimensions 225 x 162 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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