Private Philanthropy Services (PPS) is a boutique firm that provides professional services, consultation and staffing to private and family foundations locally and around the country. We help philanthropists plan, govern, evaluate and create impactful granting initiatives; charting next generation transitions and developing unique philanthropic solutions.
Professional, practice-proven, tailored
PPS designs and provides confidential, individualized services for each philanthropic project we staff and support. Our experienced, multi-disciplinary team has a deep knowledge of the philanthropic field and family philanthropy. We work collaboratively, using skills from our entire team to benefit each of our clients; helping them to develop, lead and steward highly effective philanthropy.
High level, right-sized solutions
Our approach allows us to provide clients with services and methodologies that are often only available to larger foundations. These include innovations like non-traditional granting models, hands-on Board-led initiatives, and targeted community engagement. We can help with efficient solutions to run of the mill challenges like due diligence and conflict of interest in complex settings; best practices financial and fiduciary structure; and the use of digital and on-line solutions.
Short term consulting and longer term staffing
Our services range from short-term projects like meeting design and facilitation, strategic planning, new director training design, succession planning, and generational transition programs; to longer term, on-going foundation management. Our staff brings on the ground and in the trenches knowledge to this work and can provide efficient alternatives to hiring permanent employees. Each member of the team has experience with the day-to-day needs of foundations, from effective Board communication, to evaluating, updating, and implementing the wide array of activities that are part of foundation and philanthropic work.
Commitment to excellence
In support of continued growth in our firm and our staff, we engage actively as leaders and participants in philanthropic membership organizations, trainings, conferences, and other educational events so that we are continually aware of the challenges and opportunities that are important to the foundations we serve. We are committed to learning, developing and sharing promising practices, so that our clients can increase the creativity, impact and joy in their philanthropy.
