Family Philanthropy Online

A Comprehensive Online Knowledge Resource on Family Foundations & Family Giving, Available Free to FPN Members

Florida Philanthropic Network is committed to providing our members with practical tools, information and guidance for our members that are interested in family philanthropy. As part of these ongoing efforts, we are pleased to partner with the National Center for Family Philanthropy to offer our members free access to the Family Philanthropy Online Knowledge Center (FP Online).

FP Online is a searchable, comprehensive, and constantly updated collection of downloadable articles, case studies, profiles, research reports and discussion papers focused on issues and topics of specific relevance to family foundations and family giving.  Examples of topics in the Knowledge Center include:

> Teaching and involving your children in family philanthropy;

> Managing family dynamics in philanthropic decision-making;

> Creating a mission statement and finding a focus for your grantmaking;

> Understanding the legal and ethical dilemmas of family philanthropy;

> And much more...

FP Online will be a useful tool for board and staff members of family foundations as well as for community foundations that help families with their philanthropy.

Log On to Family Philanthropy Online

Click Here to access the Family Philanthropy Online Knowledge Center, which is is available to all board and staff members of FPN member organizations.  To obtain your username and password, contact Michelle Fonseca at 407-478-6262, mfonseca@fpnetwork.org.

Family Philanthropy Teleconferences

Through its partnership with NCFP, FPN also offers its members free access to monthly family philanthropy teleconferences.  These teleconferences feature presentations by experts and practitioners on a wide range of topics related to family dynamics, governance, grantmaking, and new trends in family philanthropy.  Upcoming teleconferences:

December 10, 2009
Family Philanthropy Teleconference
The Role of Faith and Cultural Traditions in Family Philanthropy
Noon - 1:30 pm ET

January 14, 2010
Family Philanthropy Teleconference
Current Practices in Family Foundations: New Benchmarking Research
Noon - 1:30 pm ET