Volunteering on a board is a big job, but there is rarely a training opportunity to learn how to be a good board member.
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country wants to ensure volunteer leaders have a basic understanding of the role of a board.
The foundation, headquartered in Kerrville, makes grants to nonprofits and awards scholarships to students in a 10-county area.
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Senay Ataselim-Yilmaz, Chief Operating Officer, Turkish Philanthropy Funds, writes that philanthropy often solves the very problems that stems from market failure. Some social issues, however, cannot be tackled by questioning the return on investment.