You may want to involve your family in giving for the first time, or already have a long legacy of giving as a family. You may be anxious to begin, navigating conflict or anticipating generational changes. Ultimately, you want the family’s engagement to be both effective and meaningful.
Watermark believes giving as a family is distinct from other approaches to giving, and can present unique challenges for the family to navigate. Yet, when done with intention and planning, giving as a family can create tremendous benefits from strengthening the family, empowering and preparing the next generation, and enhancing wealth stewardship.
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We offer specific expertise supporting generous families, including thoughtful approaches for how to best structure your family’s multi-generational involvement and decision making, in ways that strengthen the family, provide continuity, and make a difference in the world around you. For more established philanthropic families, we offer a Giving-Governance Reboot which includes an assessment of current practices and a custom crafted approach for the future.
Watermark is also available to facilitate philanthropy-focused strategic conversations, family meetings and retreats, where active conversation and exploration provide opportunity to strengthen and advance relationships and thinking.
Popular content includes:
- What ‘Money Messages’ Do You Carry? – An exploration of how perceptions about money and wealth inform feelings about giving it away
- Generational Personalities Exploration – Light-hearted but instructive generational mapping that opens dialogue and deepens shared understanding
- What am I inheriting?: – A personal and collective opportunity to reflect on family history and legacy to inform the future