Category Archives: Family Foundation

Creating an Intergenerational Legacy: Successful Strategies for Inclusion

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Learn meaningful and effective ways to engage all generations of your family in philanthropy. The session will feature tips on inclusion to help families work successfully with multiple generations and offer tools for succession to advance your family’s philanthropy. Materials: Creating … Continue reading →

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Passion To Purpose: Reinventing Michigan Communities

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Join us for an entertaining session where family foundations will share inspirational and enlightening stories about how their philanthropy has helped reinvent Michigan. Tap into the energy of your own passions and return to your communities with renewed purpose to … Continue reading →

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Family Funders Building Capacity for Innovation and Collaboration

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This session will highlight Kalamazoo area families who have chosen to use their philanthropic resources to support collaboration and innovation in the social sector. Discussion will focus on lessons learned from funding these types of initiatives. Speaker: Donald R. Parfet, … Continue reading →

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The Perpetuity Question: To Continue to Be or Not to Be?

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While existing in perpetuity continues to be the norm for the majority of family foundations, the limited life options – also known as spending out or sunsetting – is attracting more attention. Learn about the motivations, strategies and experiences associated … Continue reading →

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CMF Players – Same Family, New Governance Issues

Posted on June 9, 2011 by

Can you believe the CMF Players haven’t figured out governance yet? After three years of board meetings they continue to find new issues to discuss and debate as they strive to govern their family foundation. Come to listen and participate … Continue reading →

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