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Help Wanted: What’s So Special About the Family Foundation CEO?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Susan Crites Price

Editor’s note: The following is excerpted from Help Wanted: The Complete Guide to Hiring a Family Foundation CEO. At some point in the life of most good-sized family foundations, the board will need to hire a chief executive officer. (For simplicity, CEO is used here to refer to the top paid staff person who may be called executive director, president, or… Read More
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Additional Reading: Enhancing Your Family’s Philanthropic Decisions

Posted on January 15, 2012 by National Center for Family Philanthropy

There are a variety of resources, both new and old, on the topic of enhancing diversity in the view and perspectives on family foundation boards. Here are a few of our favorites: A Place at the Table: Non-Family Membership on the Family Foundation Board by Joseph Foote and Dorna L. Allen, published by the National Center for Family Philanthropy, December 2011… Read More
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Training Opportunities for Younger Family Members and New Trustees

Posted on January 15, 2012 by National Center for Family Philanthropy

Our family foundation board is committed to adding several new next generation family members (i.e., in their 20s and 30s) to the board in the next 2-3 years. We also need to become more proactive in inviting younger family members (i.e., those in the 10-20 range) to participate in the family’s philanthropy. Do you have suggestions for opportunities for our… Read More
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Discretionary Grants: Engaging Family… Or Pandora’s Box?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Susan Crites Price

Editor’s note: This month’s feature story is an excerpt from the new edition of our Passages issue brief series: Discretionary Grants: Engaging Family… Or Pandora’s Box? If you asked at a gathering of family foundation folks whether using discretionary grants is a good idea, you’d never reach consensus. Many family foundations don’t use them. Those that do have widely varied… Read More
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Family Foundation Board Job Descriptions

Posted on November 15, 2011 by National Center for Family Philanthropy

Our family foundation is preparing to bring on the third generation of family board members. As we prepare for this important transition we hope to better document the specific roles, responsibilities and attributes of our board members. Do you have suggestions for what to include in a family foundation board job description? NCFP receives this question frequently. Fortunately, a growing… Read More
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Can Private Foundations Serve as Fiscal Sponsors?

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Andras Kosaras

By Andras Kosaras, Associate, Arnold and Porter LLP Private foundations frequently receive grant applications from groups that are under the fiscal sponsorship of a section 501(c)(3) public charity.  But sometimes the request is for the private foundation itself to serve as a group’s fiscal sponsor.  Is a private foundation legally permitted to serve as a fiscal sponsor?  Why would a… Read More
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Embracing and Engaging the Senior Generation

Posted on September 13, 2011 by Virginia M. Esposito

This month’s Family Giving News features a topic of special importance to me – how we take best advantage of the wisdom and experience of family philanthropy’s senior leaders.  Doing so is important on so many levels. Professionally, the role of senior family leaders is fundamental to who we are as philanthropic families.  It reflects our sense of legacy, values,… Read More

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