Philanthropisms
Philanthropisms
Rhodri Davies
Oli French & Sally Vivyan: Why and how do foundations spend down?
1 hour 11 minutes Posted Oct 2, 2025 at 9:00 am.
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Send us Fan Mail In this episode we talk to Oli French (freelance consultant) and Sally Vivyan (Co-Director of Gower Street and Grants Advisor/Trustee to the Sir Ernest Cassel Education Trust) about why and how foundations choose to spend themselves down. Including: Are decisions to spend down more commonly about mission, principles or practicalities? Or is it a mixture of all 3 (and how does the balance shift over time)?Who tends to make the decision to spend down in an existing perpetual fo...