Town & Country 2018 Philanthropy Summit

U.S. Trust was a proud sponsor of the Town & Country Philanthropy Summit held May 9, 2018 at the Hearst Tower in NYC. It was the publication’s fifth anniversary and U.S. Trust’s second year participating in a packed day of insightful panels and one-on-one conversations that inspired, motivated and encouraged clients/prospects and key thought leaders in the Philanthropic space on important topics. Ann Limberg Head of Philanthropic and Family Office Solutions and Evan Beard, U.S. Trust, National Art Services Executive led some of the key discussions with other speakers to bring the Philanthropic conversation to the forefront. 

Igniting Conversation to Engage and Drive Change

Philanthropy is in everything we do, whether it is crossover into Education, Art, Activism, Times of Disaster or conversations with multi-generational families. It’s about making life purposeful with a sense of passion to give back and do the right thing. Philanthropy has moved in so many positive ways, to being about life today. And it's about finding ways to take values and really translate those values into action. That action may be giving and financial support. That action may be government support. The key is when your values are really struck with passion, it's amazing the work that we can do together.  For U.S. Trust, we're here as a philanthropic partner, with our clients to help them do exactly that. We don't presuppose what their values should be, but we really help them translate those values into impact of action.

Check out what our experts have to say from the Town & Country Philanthropy Summit:

Inside the 2018 Town & Country Philanthropy Summit
 An inspirational day, looking ahead at the future of giving back.

The Future of Education
 Intimate Breakfast with Ann Limberg, Head of Philanthropic Solutions and Dr. Merryl Tisch, Vice  Chairman, SUNY Board of Trustees Chancellor Emeritus, NY State Board of Regents

Arts Matter: The Intersection of Art & Philanthropy Come Together
Conversation with Evan Beard, National Art Services Executive, U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management and Lydia Wickliffe Fenet, Christie’s Auction House SVP

“Philanthropy has changed so much in the past five years, ten years, twenty years. And it used to be about giving at a later stage in life. Today, it really transcends generations,” says Ann Limberg. “And, in fact, some of our youngest generations are really focused, first and foremost on how they create impact every day in their lives. They are not willing to wait until they've generated a certain amount of wealth to have the impact that they want. They're highly educated, and they think globally.”

U.S. Trust has our own thought leaders and expertise as part of the philanthropic business. But our much greater value is that we have this extraordinary company behind it who has great resources and able to provide support, financially, for all types of different clients who may not even know that philanthropy is something that they, want to get involved in, but who may have a need as a business owner or art collector. Part of what makes U.S. Trust different and unique is that we've made a huge commitment to philanthropy.

We have 200 people focused on the Philanthropy business in our company, but we never forget that as 200 people we're part of a much larger organization, says Ann. And if we can make it very simple and seamless, for a client to work with us, to then extend and expand the work we do to other needs that they have, that's remarkable. Similarly, if clients are working with other parts of our organization, and as they're ready to start the philanthropic conversation, we step in to work with them”