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Family Foundations Forever or Not

When establishing a new private foundation, one of the toughest questions the founders should answer is, Who will run the foundation after we're gone? Perhaps because it's a difficult question, some founders decide to defer the answer sometimes indefinitely. As a result, their foundations include generic successor provisions that satisfy state law and Internal Revenue Service requirements, but may
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When establishing a new private foundation, one of the toughest questions the founders should answer is, “Who will run the foundation after we're gone?” Perhaps because it's a difficult question, some founders decide to defer the answer — sometimes indefinitely. As a result, their foundations include generic successor provisions that satisfy state law and Internal Revenue Service requirements, but may not serve the foundation well in the long run.

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