

Boost Board Engagement: Harnessing Current Volunteer Trends
This paper examines three opportunities to shift traditional foundation board practices to align with the preferences of today’s volunteers.


Easy Steps to Take Your Board from Good to Great
By Betsy Chapin Taylor, FAHP Health foundations have a significant opportunity to harness the influence and involvement of board members...


Truths from the Philanthropy Trenches
By Heather Wiley Starankovic, CFRE, CAP Philanthropy is joyous, life-affirming and noble work, but sometimes it is just plain hard....


Is Your Board Bored? Defining Board Member Roles
By Cindy Reynolds, CFRE When recruiting and working with a volunteer board, whether a formal foundation board of trustees or an informal...

Building a Purpose-Driven Board
By Betsy Chapin Taylor, FAHP Purpose provides a new operating system for your boards that establishes a solid platform on which to build...

Recruiting a Purpose-Driven Board
By Betsy Chapin Taylor, FAHP Purpose is about contributing to something that is greater than yourself. It’s about being a meaningful part...


Creating an Effective Foundation Board Meeting
Many leaders join a health care foundation board to contribute to the greater good and to make a difference in the community. They come...