Donor Intent
Timeframe
December 23, 2021
Warnings from donors on perpetual philanthropy
No matter how judiciously you populate your board of trustees with trusted colleagues, there is no firm legal barrier to significant drift in the mission
Resources
Warnings from donors on perpetual philanthropy
Giving It All Away: Strategies from the Spend-down Experts
Spending Down vs. Perpetuity: How to Achieve Your Charitable Objectives”
Five questions to ask before sunsetting your foundation
Spend-down at the Avi Chai Foundation
Spend-down at the Earhart Foundation
How spend-down can work for ideological giving: the John M. Olin Foundation
Five steps to safeguard your donor intent in perpetuity
Perpetuity at the Bradley, Weinberg, and Foellinger foundations
Donors who choose to give while living and time-limit what remains
How to successfully time-limit your foundation
How to protect your donor intent with a foundation operating in perpetuity
How to practice giving while living
How the Duke Endowment maintains donor intent as a philanthropy in perpetuity
A key safeguard to protect donor intent: Giving while living
Three advantages of time-limiting your philanthropy
The History of the Giving While Living Ethic
Turning Passion Into Action: Giving While Living
Should Foundations Exist in Perpetuity?
