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Performance Review: Evaluating the Family Foundation CEO
September 13, 2012 | Virginia M. Esposito, Beth Casselman, Julie Fisher Cummings, Doug Bitonti Stewart
Little has been written about how to review the performance of family foundation CEOs. The job carries a unique set of roles and responsibilities including the special skills required to support effective board governance, work within the family’s culture, represent the family in the community, and engage in grantmaking in the context of the family’s legacy. Read More
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How do I set priorities as the new CEO of a family foundation?
June 15, 2012 | National Center for Family Philanthropy
Editor’s note: This article is excerpted from the new NCFP CEO Guide, Performance Review: The Complete Guide to Evaluating the Family Foundation CEO, volume 3 of our Family Foundation CEO Leadership Series. Setting priorities can be challenging for a new CEO, what with the myriad responsibilities of the job. When Kathleen Odne, the executive director of the Dean & Margaret Read More
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Getting Started with CEO Performance Review: Now’s the Time
June 15, 2012 | Susan Crites Price
Editor’s Note: This article is excerpted from NCFP’s CEO Guide, Performance Review: The Complete Guide to Evaluating the Family Foundation CEO. In a 2010 interview study of 60 family foundation chief executives by National Center for Family Philanthropy President Virginia Esposito, most told her they do not receive a formal performance review by their board. But when NCFP interviewed board Read More
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Milestones in Family Giving: the Contagious Joy of Philanthropic Celebrations
June 15, 2012 | Virginia M. Esposito
Everyone loves a good celebration.  Families particularly mark the special moments in their lives with celebrations: an anniversary, graduation, wedding, or a birthday (especially those birthdays that end in the dreaded “0” – 30, 40, 50, and whatever numbers come after that!). While families may celebrate personal milestones, their approach to their philanthropic work may be more “nose to the Read More
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We’re a Family: How Can We Be Diverse?
May 15, 2012 | Wendy Wehr
Editor’s note: This article originally appeared on the Minnesota Council on Foundations’ Philanthropy Potluck Blog, and is used with MCOF’s permission. During discussions of diversity in philanthropy, family grantmakers sometimes get frustrated. Their thoughts may immediately turn to: “Our board members are family, how can we be diverse?” No matter your family’s DNA or your foundation’s charter, it is possible (and desirable) to Read More
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Advocacy and Family Giving: Leveraging Limited Dollars to Maximize Impact
May 15, 2012 | Lisa Ranghelli
The Brindle Foundation in New Mexico is concerned with the well-being of children and youth, and funds in the areas of education, early childhood development, youth development and human services.  Brindle has assets of $14.2 million and annual giving of $579,000 (as of 2010). As the Board and staff of the foundation explored how to make the most difference with Read More

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