Ila Duncan

President, Lumpkin Family Foundation

Ila is excited to be the first “next gen” president of the Lumpkin Family Foundation after more than 10 years of committee and board participation.

Ila developed a broader understanding of philanthropy working with Resource Generation to organize fellow young people with wealth and class privilege to redistribute land, wealth, and power in partnership with social justice movement work. Now based in Connecticut, Ila works with Support Organizing Work CT, a project of the Connecticut Council for Philanthropy, and serves on the boards of the Connecticut Mirror and the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders Network.

Outside of philanthropic work, Ila keeps a creative practice with crochet, writing, and comic art.

Contributions

Board Chair Peer Network: Beyond the Family: Engaging Community Trustees

Posted on December 19, 2024 by Ila Duncan, Elizabeth Snowdon Bonner

Many family philanthropies are considering adding outside perspectives and expertise to their governance structures. For those who are formally inviting non-family members to join their boards, how do they go about identifying and recruiting community board members? What characterizes a successful onboarding process? And, how can families continue to meaningfully engage their nonfamily board members throughout their tenure? Hear from… Read More

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