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Philanthropy Advisors, LLC, offers customized information, advice, and services to clients in all aspects of their giving. Among the most experienced philanthropic advisory and management organizations in the country, our clients include individuals and families as well as foundations, trusts, donor-advised funds, other professional advisors, and giving circles.

Philanthropy Advisors designs philanthropic programs and strategies for clients and briefs them on issues of concern and personal interest. We work with families to address family-related philanthropic challenges and offer clients expert guidance on a variety of governance matters. Finally, we help make connections between clients’ charitable giving and the world and identify ways their philanthropy can make truly significant change. In every case, we work with clients and their advisors to determine how best to achieve their goals.

 

Philanthropy Advisors, LLC, was founded by Lauren Katzowitz Shenfield, a leading philanthropic consultant, who serves as principal advisor. An extensive network of consultants in multiple disciplines supports our work for clients in different areas.

Lauren Katzowitz Shenfield, Founder and Principal

 

Our advisors have expertise in community, Jewish, national, and global issues. On behalf of our clients, we fund organizations and programs throughout the United States and abroad, including Israel, the Former Soviet Union, Ethiopia, and Argentina, as well as other countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. We are active in the nonprofit and philanthropic communities, serving on boards, moderating conference panels, providing technical assistance to grantees, and writing for and about the field. Our issue expertise includes:

  • Education
  • Environment
  • Community services
  • Democracy and civic engagement
  • Health
  • Women and girls
  • Economic development
  • Arts, culture, and society
  • Legal and human rights and anti-terrorism
  • Aging and seniors
  • Poverty, hunger, and homelessness

Philanthropy Advisors has extensive expertise and experience in a variety of governance and family issues, including:

  • Board structure, policies, and development
  • Family dynamics
  • Succession planning
  • Next generation

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Philanthropy Advisors, maintains a network of outstanding consultants, grantmakers, attorneys, accountants, investment managers, wealth advisors, and other professionals and community leaders who provide guidance on a range of philanthropic, operational, and business matters.

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