Purpose

Forming a Family Foundation can be the most significant legacy you are able to provide for the future generations of your family. A Family Foundation is the most effective instrument for working together in philanthropy. It can enhance the direction and quality of life in your community. It can nurture the goal of sharing your legacy of “giving back,” and your Family Foundation will be a source of pleasure, satisfaction and reward for future generations.

Frank Merrick’s Foundation Management Inc. (FMI) is uniquely poised to assist families wishing to realize the rewards of philanthropy. Merrick’s experience of over two decades as Vice President of The Merrick Foundation, a Family Foundation created by his grandfather, Ward S. Merrick, Sr. has been his inspiration in forming FMI. He is well equipped to assist your family through the regulatory maze of creating and managing a Family Foundation. FMI offers Merrick’s skills in grant making, asset management and record keeping. He has practical knowledge of the intricacies of family interactions and the perspective to assist in the development of policies to ensure the donors intent through subsequent generations.