The Blank Family Foundation Reflects on the Past, Plans the Next Generation of Giving

The Blank Family Foundation Reflects on the Past, Plans the Next Generation of Giving

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation recently passed a major milestone — $1 billion in giving since it started in 1995. At 81, Arthur Blank looks back on years of support for democracy, the environment, Atlanta and more.

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Grand Finale: A Family Foundation Focused on Free Concerts Announces its Spend Down

Grand Finale: A Family Foundation Focused on Free Concerts Announces its Spend Down

The Levitt Foundation has a unique focus on creating music performance spaces as a way to support communities nationwide. The family recently announced it would spend down to boost its impact.

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After 35 Years, the Tow Foundation Reflects on the Past and Looks to the Future

After 35 Years, the Tow Foundation Reflects on the Past and Looks to the Future

After more than three decades, how does a family foundation engage multiple generations, adapt for emerging needs, and honor its origins? Here’s how one Connecticut-based funder is charting a path forward.

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The Kendeda Fund is Writing its Last Checks — and the Last Chapter of a 30-Year Story of Giving

The Kendeda Fund is Writing its Last Checks — and the Last Chapter of a 30-Year Story of Giving

Diana Blank’s foundation is winding down this year, having moved over $1 billion to the environment, rights of women and girls, and more. Family and staff recount Kendeda’s history and explain how and why it’s spending down.

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What It Looks Like When a Multigenerational Family Foundation Makes All Voices Equal

What It Looks Like When a Multigenerational Family Foundation Makes All Voices Equal

When David and Georgia Welles launched the family’s Cricket Island Foundation, they prioritized family participation across generations. That continues today, and has led the funder to its current focus on youth organizing.

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The Evolution of the Woodcock Foundation: A Progressive Family Funder Branches Out

The Evolution of the Woodcock Foundation: A Progressive Family Funder Branches Out

As this family foundation heads into its third generation, it’s backing social enterprises, taking on new issue areas, and exploring practices like impact investing and trust-based philanthropy.

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“Miami Is Our City.” How Two Generations of the Billionaire Pérez Family Give

“Miami Is Our City.” How Two Generations of the Billionaire Pérez Family Give

Real estate billionaire Jorge Pérez, along with his wife Darlene and their children, are prominent philanthropists in the Sunshine State. Here’s how the family gives, and how the second generation is stepping up.

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This Foundation Keeps a Huge Extended Family United While Helping Other Families Thrive

This Foundation Keeps a Huge Extended Family United While Helping Other Families Thrive

From the very start, the secret to the William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation’s success has been an unwavering emphasis on family — both engaging its own far-reaching family tree, and moving money to help others. 

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The Intergenerational Philanthropy of the Eisner Foundation

The Intergenerational Philanthropy of the Eisner Foundation

For the Eisners, philanthropy is a family tradition that goes back generations. Their foundation is also one of the few that focuses on intergenerational programming that benefits both youth and seniors.

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Passing the Torch: A Family Foundation Empowers Dozens of Young Philanthropists

Passing the Torch: A Family Foundation Empowers Dozens of Young Philanthropists

Tarsadia Foundation is based in Newport Beach, California, supporting health, education and opportunity. Through its unique “junior board,” the family prioritizes the involvement of many younger members.

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How a Connecticut Family Foundation Evolved to Support Youth-Led Social Change

How a Connecticut Family Foundation Evolved to Support Youth-Led Social Change

Since its start in the 1990s, the Perrin Family Foundation has shifted from local funding to supporting racial justice and organizing across Connecticut. Family members explain how the foundation has evolved over the years.

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Here’s How a Longtime Family Foundation Fractured, and Shifted Gears for a Meaningful Final Act

Here’s How a Longtime Family Foundation Fractured, and Shifted Gears for a Meaningful Final Act

The Compton Foundation, launched in 1946, is now spending down. Here’s how debates around perpetuity and social justice led to rifts in the founding family, and how one next-gen family member navigated those troubled waters.

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How the Family Behind a Sportswear Behemoth Is Expanding Its Philanthropy for Rural Communities

How the Family Behind a Sportswear Behemoth Is Expanding Its Philanthropy for Rural Communities

The Roundhouse Foundation, based in the small town of Sisters, Oregon, was founded with support from outdoor gear giant Columbia Sportswear. The foundation is expanding rapidly, serving rural communities across the state.

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The Personal and the Collective: How Three Generations of the Billionaire Sobrato Family Give

The Personal and the Collective: How Three Generations of the Billionaire Sobrato Family Give

For the latest in our series on family philanthropy, we take an in-depth look at the Sobrato family’s giving, rooted in a Silicon Valley real estate fortune. Three generations weigh in on how their priorities and practices are evolving.

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How Multiple Generations of the Disney Family Come Together to Fund Social Justice in LA and Beyond

How Multiple Generations of the Disney Family Come Together to Fund Social Justice in LA and Beyond

For the latest in our ongoing series on family philanthropy, we get to know the Roy + Patricia Disney Family Foundation, run by upward of a dozen Disney family members. Board Chair Susan Disney Lord gives us the rundown.

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How Billionaire Couple Tegan and Brian Acton Are Giving in the Bay Area and Beyond

How Billionaire Couple Tegan and Brian Acton Are Giving in the Bay Area and Beyond

Part of an ongoing series on family philanthropy, we take a closer look at the giving of Tegan and Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp. After an acquisition windfall, the Actons are giving extensively in the Bay Area and nationally.

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