 Family Philanthropy Exchange presents
a leadership conversation
Increasing the Effectiveness of Your Family Foundation Through the Involvement of Non-Family Stakeholders
February 28, 2008 | 4 to 6pm
State Suite, Room 238
Palace Hotel
2 New Montgomery Street
San Francisco
[DIRECTIONS]
free for members
$45 per non-member
The Durfee Foundation, a mid-sized family foundation in Los Angeles, extends its reach well beyond its small staff and board by including nonprofit colleagues, foundation peers and interested individuals in its operations. Some examples include:
- asking past grant recipients to serve on selection panels for grant programs;
- convening foundation colleagues, nonprofit friends and academics to brainstorm the process;
- pairing senior nonprofit leaders as mentors to younger nonprofit leaders in Durfee's grantee pool; and
- through an online survey, seeking feedback and advice from grant applicants who did not receive funding.
Not only does the foundation find that it can accomplish more and make better-informed decisions with the help of its extensive networks, it also finds that these inclusive practices create a climate of goodwill and transparency.
Please join us to:
- Engage in a discussion on extending the reach of a family foundation through community networks and survey the range of practices to promote goodwill and transparency in the broader non-profit community.
- Learn how the collegial exchange of information can increase the overall effectiveness of your foundation
- Leave inspired about your philanthropic practice
Presenters
 Carrie Avery, President, The Durfee Foundation
Carrie Avery is President of the Durfee Foundation, a family foundation that has been based in Los Angeles, California since its establishment in 1960. The Durfee Foundation makes grants in arts and culture, community development and education, mainly in the Los Angeles region.
Carrie received her B.A. from Stanford University, her J.D. from the University of California at Berkeley, and was a Georgetown University Women's Law and Public Policy Fellow. As an attorney, she practiced at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C. and a private law firm in San Francisco.
Carrie serves on the board of the National Center for Family Philanthropy and the Ethics & Practices Committee for the Council on Foundations. She also serves on the board of St. Paul's Episcopal School in Oakland, which is recognized nationally for its service learning in the community. Carrie is on the Berkeley Law Alumni Association Board, and serves as an Advisor to the International Convention on Human Rights Research Project at the law school. Carrie chaired the Board of Directors of Northern California Grantmakers; she also founded and for several years chaired NCG's Family Philanthropy Exchange. She is a past co-chair of the board of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area.
 Claire Peeps, Executive Director, The Durfee Foundation
Claire Peeps is the Executive Director of the Durfee Foundation, a private charitable foundation that supports projects in arts and culture, education, and community development, primarily in Southern California. She is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of New Mexico. From 1989 to 1995, she served as the Associate Director of the Los Angeles Festival, a large scale, international arts festival, where she was responsible for artistic programming and long-range planning.
Prior to that, she was the publisher of High Performance Magazine, a national quarterly on the performing arts, and also served as editor and director of education at the Ansel Adams Center/Friends of Photography. Before joining the staff of The Durfee Foundation in 1996, she served as consultant to a wide range of cultural institutions, including the J. Paul Getty Center, the San Francisco Art Institute, The Music Center of Los Angeles County, ARTS Inc., and the Festival of Art & Ideas in New Haven, Connecticut.
She currently serves President of Grantmakers in the Arts, and on the board of Old Stories: New Lives, the nonprofit production company for artist Peter Sellars. Her prior community leadership includes board service to Southern California Grantmakers, the California Council for the Humanities, ARTS Inc., and the UCLA Center for Civil Society. Her book Activists Speak Out: Reflections on the Pursuit of Change in America, was published by St. Martins/Palgrave in March 2001.
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Moderator
Hugh Burroughs, Philanthropic Advisor
Hugh Burroughs has extensive experience in philanthropy highlighted by his
elections to the Boards of twelve philanthropic organizations and appointments
to the staffs of six national foundations. He has a demonstrated record of
effective leadership in a variety on staff and Board positions that required indepth
knowledge of philanthropy, high-level skill in managing people and
creativity in problem solving.
He was elected to the Boards of the Council on Foundations, The Foundation
Center, the Peninsula Community Foundation and CIVICUS: World Alliance for
Citizen Participation. He was Board Chair of the Association of Black Foundation
Executives, an early director of Women and Philanthropy as well as Northern
California Grantmakers. He also served on the Boards of the Foundation for Joint
Venture: Silicon Valley, Morehouse School of Medicine and Hispanics in
Philanthropy.
He was on the senior staffs of the Berry Gordy Family Foundation, the David and
Lucile Packard Foundation, The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, the William
and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the John Hay Whitney Foundation. His
expertise is in the fields of organized philanthropy, community development,
communications and public affairs.
Mr. Burroughs earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in economics and
education from Columbia University in the City of New York. He also completed a
certificate program in nonprofit management at Harvard University.
He is currently a Visiting Scholar at The Grantmaking School of the Dorothy A.
Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Grand Valley State
University, Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is also philanthropic counsel to several
major grantmaking foundations.
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About This Series
Stories That Inspire is a series of intimate conversations hosted by NCG's Family Philanthropy Exchange. Since June 2006, the Exchange has convened foundation trustees and executive leadership to share insights and lessons learned from their philanthropic practice.
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Who Can Attend
This event is intended for foundation trustees and individual donors. NCG membership is not requried. Please contact Angela Jones at the Family Philanthropy Exchange at (415) 777-4111 x15 for further information.
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Register Now - Space is Limited!
This program is free of charge to members.
Non-members may attend for a fee of $45.
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Out of consideration for staff planning and anyone who might be on a program waiting list, we ask that registrants notify NCG staff at least three business days prior to an event should they need to cancel their participation.
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