Family Philanthropy Trends 2025 and Survey Results of Family Foundations

In the quest to generate positive social change, family philanthropies face diverse and sometimes competing perspectives. They also must sort through an overwhelming amount of information to make good decisions—and often, that information is too general or limited to be useful. With this research report, clear and focused data goes a long way toward helping families make confident decisions for their family foundations and at each inflection point in their philanthropy. 

By examining the data and trends from 2015, 2020, and 2025, patterns begin to emerge. In particular, you can see the ways in which family philanthropy has—or has not—embraced and applied the four principles of effective family philanthropy: accountability, equity, reflection and learning, and relationships.