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Volume 6 · 2026
Giving, technology and responsible investment in an uncertain future.
Volume 6 · Issue 1 · 1 research & analysis article
A family foundation can make learning part of the grant agreement without turning every community organization into an evaluation consultancy. This article proposes a proportionate learning agreement that protects candor, funds evidence collection and links findings to actual decisions.
Open this issueVolume 6 · Issue 2 · 1 research & analysis article
Impact diligence improves when a family separates the outcome experienced by people, the contribution of an enterprise, the contribution of its investor and the quality of the evidence. A proposed ledger makes those claims inspectable without pretending that one score can settle them.
Open this issueVolume 6 · Issue 3 · 1 research & analysis article
The useful question is not whether a family office uses AI, but which actions its systems may perform without a second person. A proposed authority ladder connects evidence, permission, monitoring and rollback to the consequences of each task.
Open this issueVolume 6 · Issue 4 · 1 research & analysis article
A token can change how a claim moves without changing what the holder ultimately owns. This article proposes a rights-and-redemption map that forces investment teams to connect the digital record to custody, legal claims, liquidity and recovery.
Open this issueVolume 6 · Issue 5 · 1 research & analysis article
Families investing in health, climate and other living systems need to distinguish a plausible mechanism from a demonstrated outcome. A proposed evidence-gate process matches each financing decision to the next uncertainty that can actually be resolved.
Open this issueVolume 6 · Issue 6 · 1 research & analysis article
An artwork, a scientific prototype and a long-horizon mission differ profoundly, but each can lose value when its history and responsibilities become opaque. A proposed stewardship archive preserves provenance, evidence, obligations and the reasons to continue or stop.
Open this issueThemed editorial collections. Source authors, original journal identities, DOIs and publication dates remain unchanged. Volumes 4–6 launch with one unique original AI-assisted editorial analysis per issue; these are not new empirical studies or independently human-peer-reviewed findings.