Creating your family foundation : values, mission, & family involvement. Understanding your best hopes : from values to vision / by Virginia Esposito. Building on your best hopes : from vision to action / by Joseph Foote. The family philanthropic dream / by Jonathan Hopps & Chris Payer. Ethical considerations in family foundations / by Rushworth Kidder. One family's story : a conversation with Bill Gates, Sr. -- Starting up. Facing important legal issues / by John Sare. Funding the foundation / by Antonia Grumbach -- Establishing a structure. Governance / by Tory Dietel Hopps, Virginia Esposito, Deborah Brody, & Jason C. Born. How consultants can help / by Barbara Kibbe -- Setting up shop : ways to manage your family's foundation / by Deborah Brody. Fashioning an investment strategy for your family foundation / by Jason C. Born -- Grantmaking. Establishing grantmaking interests & priorities / by Deanne Stone -- Communicating. Communicating : enhancing process, participation, and the public face of your foundation / by Vince Stehle -- Commencement. The spirit of philanthropy and the soul of those who manage it / by Paul Ylvisaker.