Ellie Buteau offers foundation staff a helpful data point as they prepare materials for their board of directors.
Data Point: Board Materials
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Optimizing Governance
Data Point: Why Aren’t Foundation Boards More Involved in Assessing Performance?
One of the key findings from our recent performance assessment study, titled The State of Foundation Performance Assessment: A Survey of Foundation CEOs, is that 70 percent of CEOs want their board members to be more involved in assessment. This finding is consistent...
Does ‘Daring to Lead’ Draw the Right Conclusions from the Data?
Does a new report on nonprofit leadership draw the right conclusions? Phil Buchanan weighs in on Daring to Lead.
Report Watch: The Future of Philanthropy (and Your Next Board Meeting)
Phil Buchanan recommends two reports on the philanthropic sector and suggests them as reading material for foundation board meetings.
Our Board’s Perspective on Performance Reporting
Jim Canales of the James Irvine Foundation shares two themes that arose when he and his team shared their Annual Performance Report with the Foundation’s board.