Giving in Time

Giving in Time

Monday, April 4, 2016

鈥淭here is no fact in history which posterity will find it more difficult to understand, than the idea of perpetuity,鈥 wrote John Stuart Mill about foundations in 1833. With more than US $1 trillion set aside in private foundations and donor-advised funds, with only the former subject to an annual (and small) payout rule, these funds can sit more or less untouched over generations. Foundations have the legal capacity to exist in perpetuity and many are designed to do so. However, we hear today, from those both inside and outside the philanthropic community, about the importance of 鈥淕iving while Living鈥 or spending out soon after the death of the initial donor.

How should we think about the lifespan of a philanthropic endowment? How might philanthropy balance its responsibility to the present with is obligations to the future? This public event brought together leaders from some of our country鈥檚 most prominent foundations to address how they consider the relationship between giving and time.

Panelists

Cedric Brown, Chief of Community Engagement at the Kapor Center for Social Impact

Emmett D. Carson,听Founding CEO of Silicon Valley Community Foundation

Larry Kramer, President of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

Clara Miller, President of The F. B. Heron Foundation

Christopher G. Oechsli, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies

Jeff Raikes, Co-Founder of the Raikes Foundation and former CEO of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Rob Reich, Faculty Co-Director of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society

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Conference Schedule

Thursday, September 18th
5:00 PM

Stanley Katz,听Princeton University

5:00 PM听-听6:00 PM

6:00 PM

Convention on Promoting Meaningful Reform in Philanthropy

6:00 PM

Friday, September 19th
8:00 AM

Convention on Promoting Meaningful Reform in Philanthropy

8:00 AM听-听8:30 AM

8:30 AM

Brian Galle,听Georgetown University Law Center
Jon Bakija,听Williams College

8:30 AM听-听8:59 AM

8:59 AM

Miranda Fleischer,听University of San Diego School of Law
Rob Reich,听Stanford University

8:59 AM听-听10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Convention on Promoting Meaningful Reform in Philanthropy

10:00 AM听-听10:15 AM

10:15 AM

Evelyn Brody,听Chicago-Kent College of Law
Roger Colinvaux,听Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America

10:15 AM听-听11:15 AM

11:15 AM

Daniel Halperin,听Harvard Law School
Henry Hansmann,听Yale Law School

11:15 AM听-听12:15 PM

12:15 PM

Convention on Promoting Meaningful Reform in Philanthropy

12:15 PM听-听1:30 PM

1:30 PM

Alan Cantor,听Alan Cantor Consulting
Eugene Steuerle,听Urban Institute

1:30 PM听-听2:30 PM

2:30 PM

Convention on Promoting Meaningful Reform in Philanthropy

2:30 PM听-听3:00 PM

3:00 PM

Paul Brest,听Stanford Law School
Peter Frumkin,听University of Pennsylvania
David Morse,听The Atlantic Philanthropies

3:00 PM听-听4:00 PM

4:00 PM

Ray Madoff,听Boston College Law School
William Bagley,听Boston College Law School

4:00 PM听-听5:00 PM

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