My family started a foundation with money from my grandmother's estate, but we can't agree on the mission or how to run it, and now it's become this source of ongoing conflict where we meet quarterly to argue about everything from climate change to education funding. The money was supposed to bring us together around something meaningful but it's driving us apart.
More people experience this than they realize.
Inherited wealth intended to unite a family in purpose instead reveals the impossibility of mandating shared values across generations.
“Where Are You with Financial legacy — what you leave behind?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.