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A Steadying Hand: The Critical Role of Non-family Board Members
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A Place at the Table: Non-Family Membership on the Family Foundation Board
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Open Calls in Philanthropy: An Uncommon Approach that Can Reveal Weaknesses and Maximize Strengths
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Families In Flux: Guidelines for Participation in Your Family’s Philanthropy
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Passing the Baton: Generations Sharing Leadership
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Choosing and Preparing Your Grantmaking Successors
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Adding nonfamily trustees and community voices to your family foundation board
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Navigating Leadership Transitions in Family Philanthropy
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What do we call our non-family board members?
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Making Space at The Table: Welcoming New Voices to Your Family Giving
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We’re a Family: How Can We Be Diverse?
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The Changing Face of Philanthropy: Diversity in Family Giving
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How do we ensure that the family will not lose “control” of the foundation over time?
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Ready to Add Non-Family Board Members?
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Q & A with the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation on Adding Non-Family Board Members
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Keeping “Control”
ArticleSample Policies, Forms, and Letters
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Board orientation guidebook (Table of contents)
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Board Governance Responsibilities
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The Leighty Foundation Job Responsibilities
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Inclusiveness and diversity statement
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The David and Lucile Packard foundation commitment to inclusiveness and diversity
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Process for selecting nonfamily trustees (Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation)
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Guiding Questions to Advance Racial Diversity in an Organization
ToolCommunity Board Members: Panta Rhea Foundation Recruitment Documents
In 2020, the board of directors for the Panta Rhea Foundation announced it’s intentions to expand the board to include leadership and representation from outside the donor family. In 2021, after a long search involving trusted partners & grantees, the foundation welcomed trustees from the broader social justice and nonprofit community, Solomé Lemma and Cedric Brown. The following documents share various aspects of their community board member recruitment and interview process.
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Community Board Member Recruitment Update and Timeline
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Community Board Member Interest Form
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Community Board Position Profile
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