Inspiring Family Philanthropy
The blog of Family Foundation Management / Counsel
Published on: July 19th, 2017 by Hank Goldstein
Six months of the Trump presidency have been a godsend to the left: environmental organizations, civil rights groups, and above
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Published on: September 14th, 2016 by Hank Goldstein
No, not the election. If my present prognostications hold 2016 will be a banner year for philanthropy in at least
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Published on: June 7th, 2016 by Hank Goldstein
As reported June 2nd in the Philanthropy News Digest a Council on Foundations survey of nearly a thousand grantmakers found
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Published on: January 11th, 2016 by Hank Goldstein
Much ink has been spilled in reality and metaphorically on the matter of Mark Zuckerberg’s and Priscilla Chan’s $45 billion
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Published on: September 23rd, 2015 by Hank Goldstein
A woman I know owns two restaurants 20 miles apart. I asked her how she manages that. “It’s hard to
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FFM/C Newsletter
Published on: July 20th, 2015 by Hank Goldstein
US giving totaled more than $358 billion in 2014 according to Giving USA, long time compilers and publishers together with the Center on
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Published on: May 4th, 2015 by Hank Goldstein
At last week’s stimulating Council on Foundations meeting in San Francisco I was struck by two seemingly contradictory ideas: first
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Published on: February 12th, 2015 by Hank Goldstein
Disruptive grant making is to traditional philanthropy as Uber is to the taxi industry – a challenge to the old
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FFM/C Newsletter
Published on: January 22nd, 2015 by Hank Goldstein
Every January gym memberships spike. But by late February or March those trips to the gym fall off and many
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Published on: December 1st, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
We’ve been through Thanksgiving Thursday, Cyber Friday (which started weeks ago), Cyber Monday (today) and now … Tomorrow, December 2,
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Published on: October 28th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
Two weeks ago I attended the Social Venture Partners conference in Austin TX. SVP is based in Seattle and works in
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Published on: September 16th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
NFF’s 2014 survey of New York City’s nonprofit sector reported, in brief, that ” … the story [is] depressingly familiar;”
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FFM/C Newsletter
Published on: August 11th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
FFM/C Newsletter: Volume 1 Number 1 Aug 2014 Dear Friends and Colleagues, Welcome to the first edition of our Newsletter.
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Published on: July 14th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
The Financial Times recently ran a piece called “Founders, fathers and daughters” highlighting the increasing role of women at the
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Published on: June 24th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
At the recent Council on Foundations meeting in Washington DC I spent my time at the sessions beamed at family
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Published on: May 26th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
For newcomers to FFM/C: I have been teaching management of nonprofit corporations at Milano/the School for Public Engagement at New
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Published on: April 10th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
Last week I attended the Women’s Philanthropy Institute conference in Chicago – sponsored and nurtured over the years by the
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Published on: March 20th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
Thanks to friend and colleague Jeffrey Byrne, President + CEO of Jeffrey Byrne Associates, for addressing “The Overhead Myth” and
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Published on: March 17th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
A recent New York Times essay highlights the role billionaire’s philanthropy plays in funding basic and clinical research or prevention
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Published on: February 26th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
A friend of mine, a charity CEO, called me after she read my last post Be A Donor-Doer. “Have you
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Published on: February 18th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
Today’s New York Times (Feb 18 2014) reports on a billionaire investor who’s putting $100 million of his money into
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Published on: January 28th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
Thank the Lord! It’s almost over. January is the month of resolutions: so much is foresworn. And then comes February.
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Published on: January 16th, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
For a new or emerging family foundation strategic focus is one of the first orders of business. Regardless of
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Published on: January 2nd, 2014 by Hank Goldstein
Facebook’s under-30 Mark Zuckerberg led US philanthropy in 2013 with a gift of almost $1billion in company stock to
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Published on: December 18th, 2013 by Hank Goldstein
It’s that time. In this week’s New Yorker (Dec 23 and 30) – and maybe other publications as well –
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