Katie Marcus Reker

Katie Marcus Reker has been active in youth philanthropy since age twelve as a Junior Board Member of the Frieda C. Fox Family Foundation and now serves as a member of the foundation’s Board of Directors. She also serves as a member of the Association of Small Foundations’ Next Generation Committee. Katie has always enjoyed making site visits, learning about grantmaking by sponsoring several grants, and sitting in on board of directors meetings. In 2008, she was one of the Fox Foundation panelists at an Engaging Youth session at the Association of Small Foundations conference in Denver, in 2008. Katie was thrilled to reprise that role in 2012, as co-moderator of a Learning Lab at ASF National in San Francisco, 2012.

Contributions

Igniting the Spark: Creating Effective Next Gen Boards

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Andrea Hernandez Rodriguez, Katie Marcus Reker, Kevin Laskowski

This Passages Issue Brief introduces an increasingly popular method for preparing the next generation for philanthropic service: the next generation or junior board. The paper covers the variety of purposes for establishing next generation boards and how they are typically structured, explores how foundations use next generation boards as a tool for engaging younger family members, and describes options for preparing younger family members for governance and grantmaking… Read More

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