Trustee Compensation: What Is Appropriate?
Posted on January 23, 2004 by Alice Buhl
If a foundation chooses to compensate board members, how does it decide on an appropriate level of compensation?… Read More
Conflict of interest and self-dealing
Reimbursement policy for attendance at conferences by trustees and members (Nord Family Foundation)
Posted on November 4, 2003 by Nord Family Foundation
This policy from the Ohio-based Nord Family Foundation provides a detailed description of when and why the foundation will reimburse trustees for expenses incurred while attending philanthropic and grantmaking conferences… Read More
Discretionary Grants: Encouraging Participation… or Dividing Families?
Posted on August 5, 2001 by Jason Born
The practice of discretionary grantmaking brings out a wide variety of responses. This Passages Issue Brief looks at the common reasons that families use or opt not to use discretionary grants, and the typical process that is used to make these types of grants. The paper also examines how different approaches to discretionary grants can support or hinder the work… Read More