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PHOTOGRAPHY BY TK; ILLUSTRATION BY TK FAMILY TIES Giving money away isn't as easy as it sounds, particularly when different generations are involved. Here, philanthropists, advisers, and wealth managers tell how to minimize familial differences and make charitable gifting a smooth sail. BY SUZANNE MCGEE Kennedy Consciousness (FROM LEFT): The late Robert F. Kennedy with his wife, Ethel, and seven of their then eight children at an outing at the Bronx Zoo in 1964; the Grand Foyer at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; Anthony Shriver, who founded the nonprofit Best Buddies International to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Lauder's Legacy (FROM LEFT): A 1979 portrait of the Lauder family, taken at the NY home of Joseph and Estée Lauder (CENTER); Ronald and Leonard Lauder founded the Lauder Institute, a joint-degree program in international management at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School; US businessman Ronald Lauder cuts the ribbon at the opening of a sheltered playground in the Israeli city of Sderot in 2009. 108 BOSTONCOMMON-MAGAZINE.COM 108-111_BC_F_Philanthropy_Spring14.indd 108 2/10/14 11:59 AM