Grant Makers Need to Be Less Cautious, Says Foundation Leader
May 11, 2006 | Read Time: 1 minute
Foundations should take greater risks and be more vocal about their efforts, said Maxwell King, the new chairman of the Council on Foundations, during the association’s annual conference, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “There are some factions in the Council on Foundations that are uncomfortable with being proactive, aggressive, and very public about the work,” said Mr. King, who also is president of the Heinz Endowments, in Pittsburgh.
Read The Chronicle’s story about other developments at the council’s meeting, including the push by Sen. Max Baucus, the top Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, for foundations to increase their grants to rural areas.
