Philanthropy
Latest News for Philanthropy
- September 2, 2010 - Foundation Source Bolsters Philanthropic Advisor Team
Foundation Source, provider of support services for private foundations, has announced that two of its senior executives have joined the leadership team of Foundation Source Philanthropic Advisors. .
- August 25, 2010 - Harris Launching Donor Fund Program
Harris is launching a donor-advised fund program, the Harris Charitable Fund Program, under the sponsorship and management of National Philanthropic Trust. Meanwhile, the Harris myCFO Foundation, has also granted its assets to NPT to administer.
- June 28, 2010 - Philanthropy: The Spend Down Option
One of the key findings from a 2009 Aspen Institute study on foundation spend down, Is Time of the Essence: Being Strategic in Spending Down – Or Choosing Perpetuity in Endowments, is that trustees often make the decision to limit foundation lifespan in order to “attack today’s problems with today’s money”. Increasingly, the issue of limited-life foundations is generating much thoughtful discussion among foundation trustees and their advisors.
- May 25, 2010 - Family Philanthropy - A Look At The Issues
Funding as a Family: Engaging the Next Generation in Family Philanthropy. While grantmaking as a family can take as many different forms as families can themselves, models for family philanthropy do fall broadly into three categories.
- May 6, 2010 - Credit Suisse Renews Sponsorship Of NY Philharmonic
Credit Suisse has renewed its global sponsorship of the New York Philharmonic for another three years. The partnership, which started in the 2007-08 season, is the bank's first signature cultural sponsorship in the US, involving all of the Orchestra's events in New York, across the country, and the around the world.
Latest Features for Philanthropy
- May 25, 2010 - Family Philanthropy - A Look At The Issues
Funding as a Family: Engaging the Next Generation in Family Philanthropy. While grantmaking as a family can take as many different forms as families can themselves, models for family philanthropy do fall broadly into three categories. The family foundation model enables families to create a formal structure for their grantmaking, in which a board made up principally of family members will oversee the activities of a philanthropic foundation.
- January 20, 2010 - Taking A Look At Philanthropic Services At JP Morgan Private Bank
Private bankers are known to get offbeat requests from clients from time to time; wishing to provide excellent service, private bankers will naturally do their best to oblige. But when it comes to providing philanthropy advice to private clients, the requests can require an extraordinary level of creativity and ingenuity. Lisa Philp For Lisa Philp, head of Philanthropic Services at J.
- April 25, 2006 - UK Wealthy Creating New Philanthropic Culture
The UK’s wealthy individuals are giving more to charity than ever before but they still lack a philanthropic culture anywhere near as rich as that of the US. Giving among the most wealthy is up by just under 36 per cent year on year to the highest levels yet seen, according to an annual survey by The Sunday Times. The top 30 individuals who donated to charitable trusts, recorded in the The Sunday Times Giving Index generated total revenue which topped £453 million ($809 million) this year, up from £333 million in the previous year.
