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First and foremost, thank you to the hundreds of next gen donors – the majority of whom are presented anonymously – who are at the heart of this book. A project like this goes nowhere without your willingness to open up to us, to reflect candidly on your hopes and fears, your dreams and difficulties. Thank you for trusting us. We hope we did you justice.

Special thanks to the 13 individuals who agreed to step out from behind the curtain and be featured in the book. Not only did you give so much of your time during the various stages of the writing and editing process, but you did so in a collaborative spirit. We hope this endeavor shines a spotlight on the issues you care about and encourages others to deploy the innovative strategies you have courageously offered. Thank you for being leaders of the next – and the now – generation.

Whether responding to the survey or sitting down for a long interview, the next gen donors profiled here took their integral role in this book seriously, like they are taking their outsized philanthropic responsibility and opportunity seriously. Candidly, many people asked us during our work on this project if these rising donors were really as earnest as we claimed. We think the evidence for this is clear as you read through the book. You will see their authentic generosity, sincerity, and even vulnerability in these pages, in what they say about themselves and their giving, and in their willingness to share with others. Both their hearts and minds are committed to helping solve problems that trouble us all.

An ambitious effort like this, taking significant time and energy over several years, requires resources, patience, and continual support from our core partners.

Sharna is grateful to Charles Bronfman, the late Andrea Bronfman, Jeffrey Solomon, and John Hoover from the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies (which sunset in 2015) for their belief in her and their initial investment in 21/64, which inspired her work on this book. She also thanks the current board of 21/64, Inc., including John Hoover, Dorian Goldman, Marvin Israelow, Jennifer Grubman Rothenberg, and Gail Norry for their encouragement and support of her leadership, the team, and the organization's mission.

Michael thanks the supporters of his work as the Frey Foundation Chair for Family Philanthropy at the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, especially the Frey Foundation and Grand Valley State University. The leadership of the center and the university took the long view and gave him both the space and the encouragement to see this project through. Special thanks to Dean George Grant, Kyle Caldwell, Paul Stansbie, and the late, great Jim Edwards.

We want to thank those early and committed funders whose support enabled the research, development, and production of this book, including Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies, Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, Shelley and Sheldon Goldseker, Tarsadia Foundation, Tecovas Foundation, and the Youth Philanthropy Connect program of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation. Thank you to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for allowing this new knowledge to be widely distributed to the philanthropic community and many other audiences, in the hopes that it can advance and expand effective multigenerational giving.

And thanks also to the funders of the original Next Gen Donors report and the Next Gen Donors: The Future of Jewish Giving report: Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Foundation, Joyce and Irving Goldman Family Foundation, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, Morningstar Foundation, and an anonymous donor.

The research phase and dissemination of the first report was enabled by a network of partner organizations across the country: Association of Small Foundations (now Exponent Philanthropy), Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, Bolder Giving (now part of the National Center for Responsive Philanthropy), Council on Foundations, Council of Michigan Foundations, Emerging Practitioners in Philanthropy, Forum of Regional Association of Grantmakers, Grand Street, GrantCraft, Indiana Grantmakers Alliance (now Indiana Philanthropy Alliance), Jewish Communal Fund, Jewish Funders Network, Jumpstart, Liberty Hill Foundation, The Minneapolis Foundation, National Center for Family Philanthropy, and Resource Generation.

Our deep gratitude to those close colleagues – past and present – in our organizations who supported this work over several years. To Danielle Oristian York, Barbara Taylor, Sara Finkelstein, Adina Schwartz, Erin Trottier, and Jos Thalheimer at 21/64; and to Tara Baker, Alicia Chiasson, Andrew Claucherty, Julie Couturier, Sherri Hall, Bev Harkema, Katie Kirouac, Allison Lugo Knapp, Pattijean McCahill, Heidi McPheeters, Mark Saint Amour, and Robert Shalett at the Johnson Center, we were privileged to have had you with us on this journey and thank you for your invaluable contributions along the way.

Thanks also to many other colleagues in this field whose experience, advice, and referrals played a role in the development of the book: Michael Balaoing, Rachel Bendit, Fredda Herz Brown, Chris Cardona, Leslie Crutchfield, Emily Davis, Adrienne DiCasparro, Coventry Edwards‐Pitt, Derrick Feldmann, Jason Franklin, Ellie Frey, Mary Galeti, Joline Godfrey, Annie Hernandez, Andy Ho, Jay Hughes, Shawn Landres, Laura Lauder, Terri Mosqueda, Satya Patel, Ellen Perry, Ai‐Jen Poo, Amy Rabbino, Nitika Raj, Ana Gloria Rivas‐Vazquez, Roselma Samala, Katherine Scott, Paul Shoemaker, Doug Bitonti Stewart, David Stillman, Jennifer Stout, Urvashi Vaid, Jan Williams, Richard Woo, and Kim Wright.

This book was also made possible by a crack team of editors, designers, and other consultants. Our deepest gratitude to Heidi Toboni, who was a passionate and indispensable partner throughout the entire process – our best reader and savviest advisor. Huge thank you also to Lisa Zuniga, Laurie Fink, Karen Berry, Collette Shin, Peter Ruchti, Mark Fortier, and Mary Franklyn. Thanks also to Brian Neill, our editor at Wiley, for such enthusiasm about the project – and for putting up with all our quirky details.

Last but most significantly, special thanks from each of us individually.

From Sharna:

Since our initial discussion in Philadelphia's Reading Terminal in 2011, Michael, it's been a pleasure to collaborate. I look forward to our next project. Thanks Mom and Dad for instilling in me the spirit of giving and inviting me to the multigenerational philanthropy table. Simon, thank you for being the best husband and partner a next gen could want. And Owen and Sasha, you are my inspiration. I love you all.

From Michael:

Thanks to Sharna, for embracing this partnership in the best spirit I could have hoped for – with genuine goodwill, trust, and (alas) patience. Unending thanks to my family, who taught me from the time I could open my eyes that giving with an open heart and eyes is what good humans do, regardless of how much you have to give. And much love and thanks to my wife, Karen Zivi, for the encouragement, solace, and distraction whenever each was needed.