Family Foundation CEO Leadership Series

This groundbreaking report focuses a new lens on the family foundation chief executive, unveiling a wide variety of important findings and insights.

The role of a family foundation chief executive is unique—running a philanthropic enterprise in partnership with a family. This first-ever guide for hiring a family foundation CEO will help your family figure out where you want your foundation to go, and how to find the right person to take you…

A companion to the NCFP guide on hiring a CEO, this is the first how-to guide for new family foundation chief executives and the board members who hire them. Hiring a CEO is only the first step. A solid transition plan will maximize the CEO’s prospects for success.

Most family foundation CEOs yearn for their boards to invest the energy and time entailed in a thoughtful evaluation. This guide will help boards and CEOs structure an assessment process that maximizes the CEO’s contribution to foundation effectiveness.

This guide, the fourth in NCFP's CEO Leadership Guide series, draws on the wisdom of seasoned ceos who have navigated challenging changes and transitions in their careers and can offer practical insights to help peers prepare for what’s to come.