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Program Recap—Perpetuity or Limited Life: How Do Family Foundations Decide?
More than 30 grantmakers gathered on July 9th for a discussion of family foundation lifespan considerations co-sponsored by the Foundation Center and Philanthropy New York. We asked David R....
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The Spend-Out Presumption And The Value Of Enduring Institutions
By Charles H. Hamilton Senior Fellow, Philanthropy New York Foundations should explicitly consider their lifespan options. However, in my last contribution, I wrote that focusing simply on foundation...
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Why Should Your Foundation Continue to Exist?
by Bruce S. Trachtenberg, Advisor, Communications Network. The idea of time-limiting foundations seems to be gaining more traction. As counterpoint, a recent Philanthropy New York program asked: “What...
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Perpetuity, continued
By Tony Proscio, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy At a recent panel discussion organized by Philanthropy New York billed as ‘The...
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The Perpetuity Debate
By John Hoover, Senior Vice President, The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies PNY convened four foundations whose boards had considered the question of spending down. But by most accounts, this...
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