Category: 2017 Report

BoardSource Blog (Feb. 28, 2018) This blog post is the first in a series written by foundation leaders in response to a new research report published by BoardSource titled Foundation Board Leadership: A Closer Look at Foundation Board Responses to Leading with Intent 2017. Read the full article.

BoardSource Blog (Mar. 6, 2018) This blog post is the second in a series written by foundation leaders in response to a new research report published by BoardSource titled “Foundation Board Leadership: A Closer Look at Foundation Board Responses to Leading with Intent 2017.” Read the full article.

Center for Effective Philanthropy (Mar. 1, 2018) Nearly a third of CEO respondents in a just-released BoardSource study on foundation governance reported that they hadn’t had a performance review in the past 12 months. Eighteen percent of the 111 respondents said they’d never been evaluated. Read the full article.

Center for Effective Philanthropy (Mar. 5, 2018) Ensuring regular turnover of current board members and then prioritizing diversity in the recruitment of new ones is the only path forward for foundation boards if they are to make the kind of dramatic progress on diversity that is so desperately needed. Read the full article.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Mar. 7, 2018) Last year’s BoardSource report found that only about a quarter of executives and board chairs placed a “high priority” on demographics in recruitment. “There’s no mystery in terms of why boards have not become diverse,” says Anne Wallestad, president of BoardSource. Read the full article.

Foundation Center (Mar. 5, 2018) Foundation boards lack racial/ethnic diversity in significant ways and, given current board recruitment practices, that is unlikely to change, a new report from BoardSource finds. Read the full article.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Feb. 23, 2018) Nonprofits face unprecedented challenges and new opportunities driven by the political landscape, social movements, and an increased desire to change the status quo. Read the full article.

Nonprofit HR (Jan. 10, 2018) Nonprofit boards should be more diverse than this group, but too often they’re not. Read the full article.

Nonprofit Quarterly (Jan. 11, 2018) A window currently exists to achieve greater diversity, as many older nonprofit board members may soon be stepping down, creating openings for a new more diverse generation of leadership. But that will only occur if that opportunity is seized. Read the full article.