Our family foundation has been running for fifteen years and my brother handles most of the day-to-day decisions while I focus on my practice, but lately I've been wondering if we're just perpetuating the same systems we say we want to change — giving to organizations that make us feel good rather than ones that might actually shift power. When I brought this up, he got defensive and said I'm being naive about how philanthropy actually works, and now there's this tension every time we talk about grants.
More people experience this than they realize.
Siblings are confronting whether their established giving patterns serve their stated values or simply maintain comfortable distance from real change.
“Where Are You with Philanthropy — giving as legacy strategy?”
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