Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors and NORC at the University of Chicago set out to conduct a global exploration of various dimensions of strategic time horizons in institutional giving in order to examine considerations, motivations, and models that inform philanthropic timeframes, as well as perceived advantages and disadvantages of different approaches. The wealth of data gave to the authors deep insights into how organizations view and make decisions regarding strategic time horizons, and how time horizon choices affect their philanthropic activity.