Board selection, training, roles, and responsibilities

Board Roles and Operating Guidelines (The Needmor Fund)

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Needmor Fund

The Needmor Fund’s written operating guidelines, including a description of board roles and responsibilities, expectations, election and nominations process, opportunities for family involvement, and description of board officer and committee roles and responsibilities… Read More

A Place at the Table: Non-Family Membership on the Family Foundation Board

Posted on March 17, 2012 by Dorna L. Allen, Joseph Foote

Family giving comes from a common cause, a shared vision, a particular need for giving back a portion of life’s gifts. Family members can focus on shared personal interests and can shape the architecture of their giving by expressing and validating shared family experience. Foundation board service can be the means by which family members find a new and worthwhile… Read More