For families and the advisors they trust
What do you want your generosity to make possible?What do you want your generosity to make possible?
You may have been generous for years and still have questions about what comes next. Which causes matter most to you now? What could your giving accomplish? Would you like your adult children to be part of it?
Farrowden helps you explore those questions and put your decisions into motion. We work alongside the advisors you already trust, bringing experience from the charity side of giving and staying with the work after the conversation.
Understand deeply. Advise thoughtfully. Carry through.
- Understand what matters. We begin with the family's story, the causes that matter to them and what they hope their giving will accomplish.
- Bring perspective to the decisions. We look into the charitable opportunities the family is considering. What could an organization do with a gift? What does it need from the donor? What could it report back? We bring those answers into the conversation so the family and its advisors can choose well.
- Carry something forward. The first engagement includes moving one agreed next step ahead. That may mean confirming a charity's requirements or connecting the family and its advisors with the right person. A good conversation should not end with a document.
More for your families. Your relationship stays yours.
You know the family's financial picture and lead its planning. Farrowden helps you give a generous family a fuller view of its options, with experience from years spent working directly with donors and the organizations receiving their gifts.
At the start, we agree with you who leads each part of the work. Some advisors want to be in every conversation. Others prefer that we lead and keep them close. Either way, anything that touches your advice comes to you, and we do not manage investments or seek investment business.
Have a family in mind? Bring the situation, names removed, to a 30 minute call. I'll show you where Farrowden could add to the work you're already doing.
The experience behind Farrowden
They knew what they wanted to support. They needed a better way to do it.
A donor and his daughter wanted to support projects in Sri Lanka, where their family had longstanding church relationships.
Understanding the charity's requirements changed the approach I recommended. We replaced a monthly giving workaround with a combined $16,000 project gift, then arranged quarterly project gifts. I coordinated the giving and reporting so the family's wishes and the charity's processes worked together.
I worked closely with families on what they wanted their giving to accomplish and what it would take to make it happen. I founded Farrowden to bring that experience to families and the advisors they trust.
Amanda Beyer, CAP® · Founder
A good place to begin
If a family's giving is ready for a deeper conversation, tell me what they're considering. A few sentences are enough to start.