Elevate Your Client Relationships • Improve Your Practice • Increase Your Impact

Helping Advisors, Consultants, and the Families They Serve Navigate the Complexities of Wealth and Well-Being

Purposeful Planning Institute (PPI) is a nonprofit learning center and professional networking and collaboration platform for advisors and consultants serving families of wealth and families in business. Through PPI programs, gain access to valuable resources and a collaborative community of professionals to transform your practice and client relationships.

Who We Serve

Purposeful Planning Institute provides easily accessible, affordable access to educational content, programs, training, and networking to transform your work with complex family systems. Ideal for seasoned professionals who serve families of wealth and family enterprises and those new to their field who want to improve their practice and relationships with their clients.

Our programming is also valuable to family leaders who are dedicated to helping individual family members find their pathway to flourishing lives and strengthening the relational fabric of the family.

We serve professionals from many disciplines.  They include:

PPI programs give you the knowledge and confidence to position yourself or your firm as a trusted advisor who delivers solutions to your clients to improve their lives for generations to come. Learn more about us.

A Better Way, A Better Process, A Better Practice is Within Reach

Become a Member

Join our supportive community and access the resources, tools, and network you need.

Increase Your Impact

Learn new skills, acquire new tools, and get actionable insights from Thought Leaders & Industry Innovators in our educational and interactive webinars.

Transform Your Practice

Engage your clients in a new way and be better positioned to help families navigate the challenges of wealth and well-being.

Become a Member

PPI membership offers you the chance to join a community of other skilled advisors and consultants who want to serve their clients and their clients’ families in deeper and more positive ways.

You’ll benefit from unique networking and learning opportunities, gain access to educational webinars, recorded sessions and support materials, a private online community that spans multiple disciplines and professions, an extensive resource library, early invitations to events, discounted programming, and more.

Membership-only content allows you to integrate both purposeful and technical planning into your work to deliver meaningful solutions to your clients and grow your practice. Learn more about PPI membership.

Upcoming Events

Thought Leader & Industry Innovator Webinars

Receive valuable takeaways as thought leaders and industry innovators discuss innovative breakthroughs and research around working with families of wealth. PPI is the exclusive home for discussions around the keys and paradigms of Purposeful Planning and Purposeful Trusts & Gifts.

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November 12, 2024

@ 12:00 pm EST

Join this conversation as we unpack national research on the top psychological barriers families face in advancing their philanthropy and finding greater impact. The new report from the National Center for Family Philanthropy and Arabella Advisors summarizes findings from over 75 interviews with philanthropic families and leverages principles from psychology and behavioral economics to offer practical advice to families and their advisors. Together we will explore highlights including shifting mindsets from spending to investing, overcoming complexity to embrace urgency and embracing trust for greater impact. The session will highlight the timely nature of this research as families unlock greater dollars for urgent issues including preserving climate, democracy and social justice.
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December 10, 2024

@ 12:00 pm EST

Purposeful planning professionals have significant opportunities to strengthen the rigor of our work through the incorporation of family business/enterprise research and other interdisciplinary research that intersects with the field. Unfortunately, research can be difficult to understand because it often comes from an academic setting, leaving practitioners unable to easily bridge the gap between research and practice. This webinar will lay basic groundwork on how to access and utilize academic research to strengthen our training processes and planning and advising strategies with clients. Common misunderstandings that can cause misuse and confusion with academic research will be discussed, along with how to make use of the ever expanding field of research relevant to family wealth advising including organizational psychology, neurobiology, financial advising, executive coaching, and more.

Purposeful Planning Symposium

February 12-14, 2025

This virtual event brings together nationally renowned faculty for unique and engaging educational and professional development opportunities. You’ll learn the benefits of infusing best practices from the domains of relational, philanthropic, and legacy planning into the technical aspects of estate planning and wealth management. Learn more. 

Rendezvous

July 28-31, 2025

Rendezvous is the premier and most professionally diverse gathering of its kind. This event brings together professionals representing more than 20 disciplines for collaborative dialogue, keynotes, and breakout sessions centered on family dynamics, governance, collaboration, philanthropy, and personal development and growth. Learn more. 

Purposeful Trusts & Legacies Mastery Program

The Purposeful Trusts & Legacies Mastery Program is designed for professionals like you who want to assist their clients in creating Purposeful Trusts & Legacies. The Mastery Program is comprised of 10 on-demand sessions to help you master the Keys of Purposeful Trusts & Legacies and put your purposeful planning practice in motion. Participants are eligible to receive up to 11.5 hours of CPE. Learn more.

Purposeful Planning Podcast Series

The Purposeful Planning Podcast Series delivers inspirational and informative conversations around legacy planning, family business succession, rising generation learning and development, transitioning leadership, governance, philanthropy, and best practices for legacy families and families in business. Our content offers practical tips and advice for advisors and consultants serving families navigating the challenges of wealth and well-being.