This publication is part of a multiyear initiative that examines the inner workings, trends, practices, and challenges of global philanthropy through a time horizons lens, which determines the length of time for which a philanthropic organization chooses to be active. The report includes a global exploration of various dimensions of strategic time horizons and examines strategies and operations, as well as perceived advantages and disadvantages of different philanthropic timeframes. This is the only global research about philanthropy that includes views not only on reasons for giving, but on causes, geographic flows of funding, giving timeframes, decision-making and next-generation involvement.