Twitter FAcebook LinkedIn Email Insights & Perspectives • Perspective Meeting a Family’s Growing Philanthropic Needs Richard Mittenthal, President and CEO (Foundations Strategy & Grantmaking Services Lead) Family foundations are living entities that evolve over time. When a family seeks assistance in managing its philanthropy, it is crucial that the consultant adapts as well to meet the family’s changing needs. The journey to philanthropic impact often has many bends and turns, and a skillful navigator makes the ride smoother. TCC Group’s work with the Ohrstrom Foundation during the past decade exemplifies this mutually productive relationship. Over the past 10 years, TCC Group has provided the Ohrstrom Foundation with administrative and grantmaking support and has guided its governance planning, program and operations, and grant assessment. Through our day-to-day management of the foundation, we identify and address emergent issues, drawing on our years of experience working with family foundations to develop solutions that balance effective philanthropic strategy within the unique context of family giving. Read more about TCC’s work with the Ohrstrom Foundation > February 23, 2015
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