Many individuals and families contemplate establishing a private foundation as a means to give back to their communities or support causes close to their hearts. By utilizing a foundation, they can ...

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When we advise clients with private foundations, we have to remember that one size does not fit all. The nearly 100,000 private non-operating foundations in the U.S. vary widely, from the amount of ...

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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Foundation Source, the nation’s largest provider of comprehensive support services for private foundations, today released its 2018 Annual Report on Private ...

In his influential 1889 work "The Gospel of Wealth," Andrew Carnegie postulated that the affluent have an obligation beyond providing for their own families—to utilize their fortunes as public trust ...

Both have 501(c)(3) status, but they operate differently Reviewed by Lea D. Uradu Fact checked by Vikki Velasquez The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allows for the creation of tax-exempt charitable ...

Most people are familiar with the charitable activities of private foundations bearing names of the giants of U.S. business—the Rockefeller, MacArthur and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations, to name ...

When philanthropic individuals and families think about their larger giving strategy, they tend to first focus on the “who” and the “how much.” Everyone has different priorities and motivations around ...

Alya Michelson is the co-chair of Michelson Philanthropies, a Los Angeles-based network of private operating foundations founded and cochaired by her husband, spinal surgeon, inventor and ...