Giving in Time
Giving in Time
Monday, April 4, 2016
“There is no fact in history which posterity will find it more difficult to understand, than the idea of perpetuity,” 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 “Giving while Living” 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’s 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, 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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Event Co-Hosts
Conference Schedule
| Thursday, September 18th | |
|---|---|
| 5:00 PM | Keynote Address: American Philanthropy in the 21st Century: Challenges and Possibilities Stanley Katz, Princeton University 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
| 6:00 PM | Public Reception and Private Dinner to Follow 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 - 8:30 AM |
| 8:30 AM | Welcome and Philanthropy by the Numbers Brian Galle, Georgetown University Law Center 8:30 AM - 8:59 AM |
| 8:59 AM | What Makes an Organization "Charitable" and Should All Charities Be Treated the Same? Miranda Fleischer, University of San Diego School of Law 8:59 AM - 10:00 AM |
| 10:00 AM |
Convention on Promoting Meaningful Reform in Philanthropy 10:00 AM - 10:15 AM |
| 10:15 AM | Reconsidering the Distinction Between Private Foundations and Public Charities Evelyn Brody, Chicago-Kent College of Law 10:15 AM - 11:15 AM |
| 11:15 AM |
Daniel Halperin, Harvard Law School 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM |
| 12:15 PM |
Convention on Promoting Meaningful Reform in Philanthropy 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM |
| 1:30 PM | Donor Advised Funds and Payouts Alan Cantor, Alan Cantor Consulting 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM |
| 2:30 PM |
Convention on Promoting Meaningful Reform in Philanthropy 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| 3:00 PM | Payout, Perpetuities, and Private Foundations Paul Brest, Stanford Law School 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| 4:00 PM | Other Topics and Where Do We Go From Here? Ray Madoff, Boston College Law School 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |
