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  • Services for Family Philanthropy

The Council enriches your family philanthropy with individualized assistance, stewardship principles, professional development, critical resources from the field, and peer and leadership opportunities.

  • Starting a Family Foundation

Find general information about starting family foundations: answers to initial questions, valuable insight from colleagues, financial factors, governance basics, great resources and steps to get you started.

Key Topics

Learn about a variety of topics of special interest to you: board composition, generational succession, grantmaking issues, and more!

Family Philanthropy Basics

Learn family philanthropy basics and key facts on family foundations. Use our guide to philanthropic resources and the glossary of philanthropic terms.

Sign up for our Electronic Discussion List

Council members are invited to participate in this online forum dedicated to promoting peer-to-peer assistance and fostering family philanthropy discussion.

Email family@cof.org to join.

Stewardship Principles

Your family foundation—whether small or large, staffed or board managed—can use these voluntary Stewardship Principles to guide and strengthen your board governance, grantmaking and management.

Next Generation Philanthropy

Are you under 40 and in philanthropy? Learn more about how the Council is supporting the future leaders of philanthropy!





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Family Matters contains family foundation news, articles, and events of interest compiled and produced by the Family Philanthropy Services department.

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Contacts

Dori Kreiger

Managing Director
dori.kreiger@cof.org
703-879-0741

Andrew Ho

Member Services Manager
andrew.ho@cof.org
703-879-0743

Sara Rose Gorfinkel

Member Services Coordinator
sara.gorfinkel@cof.org
703-879-0742