Comparison · 16 material differences
Family Business Network (FBN) vs Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center
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Verified September 2026
Family-business organization
Verified September 2026 Family Business Network (FBN)
Members of business-owning families (owners, executives, non-executive shareholders and next-generation family members) where the family controls the business
Family-business organization
Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center
Middle-market, multigenerational family businesses and the whole family around them, including family members who do not work in the business, in-laws, and non-family executives
What the records say
- Minimum age: Family Business Network (FBN): Individual membership is open to family members aged 18 and over; Next Gen membership covers ages 18–34; Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center: The Next Generation Leadership Institute is designed for 25 to 50 year-olds set to assume leadership positions in their family business.
- Minimum ownership stake: Family Business Network (FBN): The family must hold a controlling ownership interest in the firm and control its strategic direction; Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center: No published minimum ownership stake.
- Geographic restriction: Family Business Network (FBN): Applicants join through the FBN member association covering their country or region; there is no direct international membership; Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center: Programmes are delivered in person at Loyola's Water Tower Campus in Chicago, which effectively limits membership to the Chicago region.
- Annual dues: Family Business Network (FBN): S$7,000 a year; Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center: $7,500 a year.
Side by side
| Family Business Network (FBN) | Loyola University Chicago Family Business Center | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Family-business organization | Family-business organization |
| Founded | 1989 (Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, per FBN's own About page.) | 1990 (Loyola's own news release announcing the current director states the Center was "Founded in 1990". The Center's Our Story page describes it as one of the first US communities formed to research and support family business, started by Loyola faculty and staff from the schools of business, social work and law.) |
| Headquarters | Lausanne, Switzerland | Chicago, United States |
| Geographic footprint | A federation of 34 member associations covering 65 countries across Europe, the Americas, Asia-Pacific and the Middle East | Chicago and the surrounding Midwest; programmes run at Loyola's Water Tower Campus at 820 N. Michigan Avenue |
| Members | 25,000as of September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed |
| Chapters | 34 | A single university-based centre with no chapters. |
| Primary audience | Members of business-owning families (owners, executives, non-executive shareholders and next-generation family members) where the family controls the business | Middle-market, multigenerational family businesses and the whole family around them, including family members who do not work in the business, in-laws, and non-family executives |
| Typical member | Members are individuals from families that own and control an operating business that has reached at least the second generation of family ownership, management or involvement. Membership is typically taken out in the name of the family or family company and then extends to family members including spouses and next-generation members from age 18. | The Center describes working with middle-market, multigenerational family businesses and serving "the whole family, both inside and outside the business". Membership is bought by the family business and extends to family members regardless of whether they hold a role in the company; peer groups separately admit non-family CEOs, CHROs, CFOs and female board directors. |
| Qualification | ||
| Minimum age | Individual membership is open to family members aged 18 and over; Next Gen membership covers ages 18–34FBN Asia terms. FBN International describes its NxG community as covering members aged 18 to 40.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | The Next Generation Leadership Institute is designed for 25 to 50 year-olds set to assume leadership positions in their family businessApplies to that programme, not to membership. Enrolment is open to members and non-members.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Minimum ownership stake | The family must hold a controlling ownership interest in the firm and control its strategic directionStated as a qualitative test; no numeric ownership percentage is published. Criteria published by FBN Asia, the member association that discloses them most fully.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published minimum ownership stake |
| Geographic restriction | Applicants join through the FBN member association covering their country or region; there is no direct international membershipverified September 2026 · source ↗ | Programmes are delivered in person at Loyola's Water Tower Campus in Chicago, which effectively limits membership to the Chicago regionThe Family Office peer group is mostly virtual; the Stewardship Institute is fully in person.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | No | No |
| Sponsor required | Not documented | No |
| Application process | Applicants approach the FBN member association for their country or region rather than FBN International. At FBN Asia, the published route is to review the eligibility criteria, complete and submit an application form, then be contacted by the association to work through the remaining steps. Membership is normally taken in the name of the family business, with a principal member plus alternate, next-generation and supplementary family members nominated afterwards. FBN International's central contact address is connect@fbn-i.org. | Family businesses apply for membership through the Center's membership pages and pay the annual fee, after which members take part in an annual goal-setting meeting with Center staff. Peer group placement is arranged separately by the Center, which matches participants by role and life stage and keeps relatives from the same business apart. The two institutes enrol by cohort and are open to non-members as well; the Next Generation Leadership Institute takes a $1,000 non-refundable deposit to hold a place and runs information sessions before each intake. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed: FBN publishes eligibility criteria but no acceptance rate or applicant volume. | Not publicly disclosed: no acceptance rate or screening criteria are published, though peer group placement is curated by staff. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | S$7,000 a yearFBN Asia corporate (family) membership, covering all members of the business family including spouses; FBN Asia states the rate drops to SGD 5,000 a year from year three. This is one member association's price, not a network-wide fee.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | $7,500 a yearAnnual membership is $7,500 per family business and covers the whole family. Includes a 15% discount on Loyola's Executive and Professional Education open-enrolment courses.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | No initiation fee is published.verified September 2026 |
| Programme fee | FBN International publishes no network-wide dues. Fees are set by each member association and vary by country; the FBN Asia schedule above is recorded because it is published openly and gives an order of magnitude. | $3,500–5,000 a yearPeer groups: $3,500 a year for Center members, $5,000 for non-members. The Family Office group is free to members and $1,500 for non-members; CFO Roundtables are free.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Membership term | Annual, renewed through the local member association | Annual |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Local member-association events year-round plus FBN International global and regional summits; FBN Ireland reports roughly 750 member activities a year across the network | Peer groups meet bimonthly for half-day sessions (the Family Office group quarterly); institute cohorts meet monthly or six times over 18 months; conferences, webinars and social events run through the year |
| Peer forums | Not a facilitated-forum organisation in the peer-advisory sense; FBN organises members into thematic communities (Next Generation, Impact, Now Gen, Entrepreneurs, Family Office, Large Families) alongside national associations | Eight peer groups of roughly five to twelve participants, segmented by role and stage: NowGen (family C-suite), NextGen (family members outside the C-suite), Legacy (owners retiring within five years), Family Council (family members not in daily operations), Family and Shareholder Relations / Family Office, Non-Family CEOs, Chief Human Resource Officers and Female Board Directors, plus sponsored CFO Roundtables. Most groups include two one-on-one coaching sessions a year. |
| Confidentiality | Not publicly disclosed | The Center names confidentiality and non-solicitation among its founding values, states that all groups maintain strict confidentiality, and never places family members from the same business in the same group. |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Peer groups: a half-day every two months. Next Generation Leadership Institute: 18 months, a two-day opening retreat plus 17 day-long cohort meetings and 15 coaching sessions. Stewardship Institute: 18 months, six meetings of a day and a half. |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Event-focused, Virtual | Forum-based, Cohort-based, Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | Yes |
| Local chapters | Yes | No |
| Virtual membership | No | Partial |
| Online community | Yes | Partial |
| Member directory | Yes | Not documented |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Yes |
| Leadership development | Yes | Yes |
| Retreats | Not documented | Yes |
| Travel | Partial | No |
| Family programming | Yes | Yes |
| Spouse and partner programming | Yes | Yes |
| Next-generation programming | Yes | Yes |
| Investment discussions | Partial | Partial |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | Partial | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | Medium |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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