Author Archive:
Chet Tchozewski
Steve Gunderson’s departure leaves the Council on Foundations poised for global partnership
Last week Steve Gunderson announced his plan to resign as President and CEO of the Council on Foundations, effective 1 September 2011. Steve has led the Council with great distinction since 2005 and his legacy …
Getting to maybe
The cover photo of a butterfly poised for flight represents the so-called ‘butterfly effect’, the idea that seemingly trivial events can have a great impact on complex adaptive systems. The tiny movement of air from …
Grassroots Philanthropy: Field notes of a maverick grantmaker – Bill Somerville with Fred Setterburg
When I began to explore the ‘back story’ of philanthropic decision-making in the early 1990s, I could not understand why so few foundations made small grants, really small grants – say under $5,000. Eventually I …
Intuition, trust, and a great river of money
‘Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.’ Albert Einstein In honour of the recent centennial of Einstein’s miracle year, here’s a thought experiment: imagine that you’ve been …
