Publications

GMA Report to Clients and Community 2005 (PDF 1526KB)

The first Grants Management Associates Annual Report

Governance
By Newell Flather, Mary Phillips and Jean Whitney

This companion volume to the Family Foundation Library highlights the roles of family foundations' boards of directors and the challenges they face.

A Family Establishes a Statement of Legacy
By Mary Phillips, and Newell Flather

This article discusses issues of donor and family legacy and appeared in the National Center for Family Philanthropy's Living the Legacy: The Values of a Family's Philanthropy Across Generations.

(6 pages, 486 KB)

This is Your Final Notice
By Newell Flather and Pamela Labonte Maksy

Fiduciary responsibility includes seemingly routine areas where neglect can cause serious and expensive problems. Here are four cautionary tales for foundation trustees.

Reprinted from Foundation News and Commentary, July/August 2003.

The Private Foundation as an Option in Giving
By Mary Phillips and Amy Shorey

Reprinted from Women's Business, April 2000.

Looking Back: The Anna B. Stearns Foundation and the Girls' Coalition Ten Years Later
By Melina O'Grady

Reprinted from Girls' Coalition, Summer 2002.

Grantmaking Matters

The Newsletter of GMA: 1999 - 2004