The NonProfit Times

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By Christian O’Dwyer, CFA and John Walsh Endowment funds have long been a cornerstone of philanthropy as they provide sustained financial support for various causes across generations. Numerous families have created intergenerational, philanthropically inclined heirs that lead, distribute, and manage the foundation for good.

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Attention Fund Intergenerational Policy 59

Candid

MAY 13, 2024

The practices of this relatively new form of philanthropy are still evolving. While grantmaking is often core to a collaborative’s strategy, collaboratives also operate in a unique context: They serve as intermediaries between philanthropy and nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 11, 2013

The report, titled Respecting Legacy, Revolutionizing Philanthropy, delves into all kinds of interesting questions about these donors. They were influenced by parents (89%), grandparents (63%), close friends (56%) and peers (47%) in their approach to philanthropy; and for most, a philanthropic mindset was instilled early on in life.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 1, 2008

Nhuong Son , Wired Fundraiser for Cambodian Children! Her reflection questions: How might young people use social networks (existing or yet-to-be-built) to learn about philanthropy and support causes that matter to them? Now we have a team of intergenerational wired fundraisers. Not the Sharing Foundation's web site ).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

GOH developed Hope Meadows, an intergenerational neighborhood that supports families adopting children out of foster care. These honorary grandparents have been integral in the lives of more than 100 vulnerable and often abused children who have found a safe and loving home at Hope Meadows over the past 15 years.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

JULY 12, 2022

Before the global pandemic, intergenerational poverty and entrenched patterns of inequality dampened the future livelihoods of millions of children and their families across the globe. The cycle of intergenerational poverty is enormously complicated and extends across so many different facets of a family’s experience.

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