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The Thoughtful Funder’s Guide to Global Giving: Six Powerful Practices for Pursuing Authentic Collaboration and Sustainable Impact Sep 25, 2019 Even funders with the very best of intentions hit common pitfalls that can contribute more harm than good when viewed with a wider lens – and many of these challenges are further exacerbated in the...

TPI’s 30th Anniversary: Reflections Jun 04, 2019 TPI opened its doors 30 years ago today . I was fortunate enough to be there at the beginning, alongside our founder Peter Karoff and a small team he had assembled to launch the firm. Peter had an...

Fueling a Revolution on International Change: Individual and Family Philanthropists Aug 21, 2018 Originally appeared on the National Center for Family Philanthropy blog (August 14, 2018) Co-authored by Maggi Alexander and Ina Breuer All funders, big and small, are interested in the impact of...

Giving USA 2018: Shifts and Opportunities Aug 02, 2018 Our rapidly changing world and its impact on U.S. philanthropy are, without doubt, encapsulated in the Giving USA 2018 report. Disaster response, response to changing politics and policies, worries...

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Family Philanthropy: Finding Common Ground Amid Abundant Differences Feb 26, 2018 Originally appeared on the Giving Compass blog (Feb 22, 2018) At its best, family philanthropy represents all the good things about a particular family, and provides a meaningful opportunity for...

New Voices, Old Norms Jul 14, 2011 By Amy Ellsworth and Lisa Spalding We have all seen this scenario. A foundation board of directors has been intact for a long time. This long-standing group has accumulated a set of comfortable norms...

Not your Father’s Foundation Oct 15, 2010 Same old… Same old… That’s what I figured I’d see at ASF’s conference this week. Sure, there would be those perennial and thorny issues faced by highly engaged family foundations from all the years I...

Personal Dreams Go Public Aug 06, 2010 The letters are up! Forty billionaires agreed to post their "pledges" to donate at least half their wealth to philanthropy on the Giving Pledge website today. The letters are really quite lovely,...

Community Leadership for Deeper Impact Jun 24, 2010 With challenges increasing for communities, it’s exciting to see the ways in which community foundations express their leadership. I had the opportunity in early May to witness and be part of work...

Thoughts on the Gates/Buffett Giving Pledge Jun 24, 2010 A few years ago I was in NYC with a TPI client of very substantial wealth - $800 million - who told me he had decided to leave each of his three children a mere $1 million and give the rest away, not...