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
What California Donors Want: In Their Own Voices (Executive Summary)
Posted on October 21, 2003 by Deanne Stone, Jan McElwee
If I has understood how vibrant the field of philanthropy was and how intellectually stimulating the challenges were, I would've gotten engaged earlier… Read More
What California Donors Want: In Their Own Voices
Posted on October 21, 2003 by Deanne Stone, Jan McElwee
California, the country's most populous state and the world's fifth largest economy, has long been considered a bellwether state for national economic and social trends, and this leadership is nowhere more apparent than in the recent, dramatic growth of family philanthropy… Read More
Discretionary grant trustee application form (General Service Foundation)
Posted on June 3, 2003 by General Service Foundation
This form is used by the Colorado-based General Service Foundation to help manage requests and referrals from individual trustees for discretionary grants to be made by the foundation. … Read More
Seven guidelines for handling conflicts constructively
Posted on October 27, 2002 by Deborah Brody Hamilton
This series of suggestions provides guidance around how to identify and manage conflicts in a constructive manner. Suggestions include: ask yourself what it is that you don’t yet know; separate the problem from the person; and develop your ability to look at the conflict from the outside… Read More
Conflict of interest policy (Self Foundation)
Posted on October 27, 2002 by Self Family Foundation
The South Carolina-based Self Foundation’s policy on dealing with potential conflicts of interest between board members and grantees. The Foundation encourages board members to play an active role in the community by serving as board members or other-wise being involved with a wide spectrum of nonprofit organizations. … 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