Dynamic Families: How Small Family Foundations Decide To Make Big Changes Through Public Policy
The Sillerman Center for the Advancement of Philanthropy highlighted one of FCCP's members, Access Strategies Fund, in a report describing how small family foundations make major impacts by funding public policy change.
The report, Dynamic Families: How Small Family Foundations Decide to Make Big Changes Through Public Policy, reviews the literature concerning foundations and policy, considers historical trends in philanthropic involvement in policy, and highlights recent interest in engagement between foundations and the policy sphere.
Contents:
- Executive Summary
- Introduction
- Why Policy Philanthropy?
- The Special Case of Small Family Foundations and Policy
- How They Got There: Spotlight on Eight Dynamic Foundations
- Advice from Small Family Foundation Peers: Ten Keys to Success with Policy Investing
- Professionalizing the Family Foundation
- Understanding Success: Evaluating Impact in Policy Work
- Supporting Small Family Foundations to be Successful Policy Philanthropists
