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Knowledge Center | Ask the Center

Emeritus Board Members: Curse or Blessing?
August 24, 2010 | Alice Buhl
Mom and Dad are aging but we want to keep them involved.  Aunt Sally has been running the foundation forever but the other board members feel it is time for someone else to take over.  Uncle John is beginning to get confused.  The three sisters in the second generation have been controlling things for years but the next generation wants Read More
Knowledge Center | Sample

Conflict of interest policy (Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation)
March 11, 2010 | Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation
This policy delineates the responsibilities of Directors, staff members, or committee members who are not board members of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation regarding two levels of conflict of interest. The first level is a conflict of loyalties, such as serving on the board of any applying organization but having no financial conflict of interest. The second level of conflict Read More
Knowledge Center | Passages Issue Briefs

Choosing and Preparing Your Grantmaking Successors
March 4, 2010 | Mary Phillips
Family foundation donors and first generation boards should begin the continuity and succession discussion early in the foundation’s lifetime if perpetuity is the objective. In a succession plan, one trustee usually succeeds another. However, before succession can take place there should be continuity of governance where members of more than one generation are working together as peers. This Passages profiles Read More
Knowledge Center | Report

A Guide to Actionable Measurement
January 30, 2010
This guide provides a basis for a common understanding of results measurement at the Gates Foundation. The guide uses the term ‘measurement’ to refer to indicator monitoring, evaluation, as well as long-term impact tracking, and is intended to inform choices about measurement within funder strategies. Read More
Knowledge Center | Passages Issue Briefs

Logic Models: Not Just for Big Foundations Anymore
January 4, 2010 | Erica V. Ekwurzel
Logic modeling is popular with large foundations, but has not been embraced by many of the smaller ones. One reason is that foundations with few or no staff fear that producing one is complicated and time consuming. It doesn’t have to be. And it can be a crucial tool for small asset foundations looking to make sustained impact, as explained Read More
Knowledge Center | Book Chapter

Rethinking the Management of Foundation Endowments
October 3, 2009 | John E. Craig Jr.
As the implications of the 2008–09 financial crisis for the world economy and markets have become clearer, many foundation executives and investment committees are reassessing their approach to endowment management. This essay reports on the effects of the recent turmoil on foundation endowments thus far, and offers lessons from the crisis and earlier ones that could help boards and investment Read More

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