The family foundation model provides a more formal structure for grantmaking, often adopted by families whose philanthropy is significant in scale and longevity
There appears to be an ever-increasing trend for wealthy families to formulate family charters- essentially the ‘club rules’ by which the family operates.
Succession planning involves making choices that will affect future roles and relationships in a family. When the lives of family members are connected through various assets, like a business or...
“The rich are different from you and me,” F. Scott Fitzgerald is said to have once told Ernest Hemmingway, to which he retorted: “Yes, they have more money”.
Family businesss that seek to escape the lawfulness of ‘From shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves’ will have to do things differently. They should stop focusing merely on estate planning; instead, they should...
Philanthropy is often hardwired into the values that guide behavior and norms in families of wealth. For example in ‘Natural Philanthropists’, a report by UK Community Foundation and the Institute...
Universities 2030: Their Future and Their Funding by Sir David Nicholas Cannadine Philanthropy played a fundamental role in the creation of many UK universities. Given the current and future challenges...
Innovating Times for Asian Philanthropy by Rob John Wealth is being created across Asia Pacific with unprecedented speed. There are now more high net worth individuals in Asia than in...