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Fiduciary Guidance for Foundations, Endowments, and Charitable Organizations

The term "fiduciary" refers to anyone having the legal responsibility for managing someone else's money. This generally includes members of the investment committees of foundations, endowments, and charitable organizations.

Because fiduciaries have been entrusted with money that belongs to other people, failure to act in a prudent manner could subject the fiduciary to personal liability.

Contrary to what some people think, fiduciary liability does not arise from poor investment performance. Rather, it is the process that determines whether or not a fiduciary has met his or her responsibilities. The mandate for fiduciaries who wish to avoid legal liability is to define prudent investment practices and follow them to the letter.

We offer the following consulting services to help you manage your fiduciary responsibility:


  • Formalize investment policy guidelines

  • Implement investment policy

  • Communicate with board members and other stakeholders


How we can help

At no charge, we will do an initial evaluation of your investment process and come back to you with a proposal. The evaluation will consist of the following:

  • Review your investment policy statement to see that all required elements are addressed

  • Review your investment process to see that they comply with the IPS

  • Review your monitoring procedures to see that they employ the appropriate benchmarks

  • Review other aspects of your organization and bring in tax and legal experts as needed


For a proposal, including a description of services and fees, please contact us.

Bambi Holzer Financial Group - Investments and financial planning services for individuals, families, corporations, and foundations.

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