Awards & Nominations
Who will win the purpose prize in 2008?
A new age of social innovators
The Purpose Prize® provides five awards of $100,000 each to people over 60 who are taking on society’s biggest challenges. It’s for those with the passion and experience to discover new opportunities, create new programs, and make lasting change.
Nominations close March 1, 2008. To learn more about the award and to nominate someone, please visit http://www.leadwithexperience.org/index.cfm
Events for Funders Only
For any EGAers interested, the Heartland Institute has organized a conference on climate change at the Marriott
Hotel near Times Square March 2-4. Registration and other info is at http://www.heartland.org/NewYork08/registration.cfm
. Heartland is a Chicago-based think-tank which advocates classical liberal tenets.
If you attend the conference feel free to contact me if you'd like to meet.

In The News
Village sues energy firms for climate change
KIVALINA: 23 companies blamed for emissions tied to coastal erosion
threat.
By ELIZABETH BLUEMINK, ebluemink@adn.com
Published: 02/27/08 00:11:45
The eroding village of Kivalina in the Northwest Arctic is suing Exxon
Mobil and 23 other energy companies for damage related to global

warming.
The suit was filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in San
Francisco on behalf of the Native village's federally recognized tribe and
its city government, according to lawyers for the village.
Kivalina, located on a shrinking barrier island in the Chukchi Sea,
says the energy companies should pay to move the village to safer
ground.
You can read the full story online at: http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/327607.html
WORLD AFFAIRS COUNCIL CEO JANE WALES JOINS ASPEN INSTITUTE
Named Vice President, Philanthropy and Society,
And Executive Director, Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program
Washington, DC, February 8, 2008 ––The Aspen Institute today announced the appointment of Jane Wales as Vice
President, Philanthropy and Society, and Executive Director of the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program, effective March 3, 2008. Wales is President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Northern California, headquartered in San Francisco, and she is co-founder of the Global Philanthropy Forum (GPF), a path-breaking and fast-growing network of donors and social investors committed to international causes.
While assuming this new role, Wales will continue as CEO of the Council and the Global Philanthropy Forum. She will also continue to host and moderate the nationally syndicated National Public Radio interview show,
It’s Your World
, broadcast by KQED-FM.
“Collaboration is the hallmark of the philanthropic and nonprofit sectors. I look forward to this opportunity to marry the work of the Aspen Institute’s research and policy program to a growing community of philanthropists in Silicon Valley and worldwide,” said Jane Wales. “At the Global Philanthropy Forum, we are dedicated to building a community of donors and helping to inform and enhance the strategic nature of their giving. Aspen
’s research and policy program will add an important dimension to this work. Its seminars will allow donors to gain greater insight into the values that animate their work. And through its engagement of policymakers, it can help ensure an environment that allows the nonprofit sector to be forever innovative and increasingly robust.”
As Vice President of Philanthropy and Society and Executive Director of the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy
Program, Wales will manage a broad range of programs aimed at improving the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy through research, leadership and communications. Wales will also play a cross-
Institute role, prompting dialogue and other interactions among programs at the Institute and within the philanthropic sector.

Wales has devoted her career to advancing the citizen sector’s policy role, as a grant-maker, nonprofit leader and governmental policymaker. She served as the Senior Director of the National Security Council and the Associate
Director for National Security and International Affairs of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
She also chaired the international security programs at the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the W. Alton
Jones Foundation, and directed the Rockefeller brothers’ Fund’s Project on World Security. Along with creating both the Global Philanthropy Forum and North American Forum, she also was National Executive Director of Physicians for Social Responsibility, which shared in the Nobel Peace Prize during her tenure. Wales serves as Interim Co-
Director of The Elders, founded by Nelson Mandela and Graca Machel.
Alan Abramson, who led the Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program (NSPP) for 11 years, stepped down in
January, and will remain with the program as a Senior Fellow. Cinthia Schuman Ottinger has served as Interim
Director and will resume her position as Deputy Director in early March.
“All of us at the Institute appreciate the work that Alan has accomplished with NSPP and his leadership over the past decade, and we thank Cinthia for her time and effort as interim director as we undertook our nationwide search to find
Alan’s replacement,” said Walter Isaacson, President and CEO of the Aspen Institute. “Jane’s wealth of experience in the nonprofit and philanthropy world is unmatched, and we could not be more pleased that she’ll be joining us.”
The Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program was founded in 1991 to improve the operation of the nonprofit sector through research and dialogue focused on public policy, management, and other critical issues affecting nonprofit organizations and philanthropies. For additional information about NSPP, please contact the program’s deputy director, Cinthia Schuman Ottinger, at 202-736-5811 or cinthia.schuman@aspeninst.org
. In addition, more information on NSPP can be found at www.aspeninstitute.org/nspp .
Grants & Scholarships
Hello all:
Please consider sharing the following information with your members:
The Council on Foundations is pleased to announce applications are now being accepted for the California
Foundations Diversity and Inclusiveness Scholarship Fund, made possible by the Council’s Building Strong and
Ethical Foundation Initiative. The fund offers assistance to foundations in California and is intended to promote the participation of diverse foundation representatives at Philanthropy’s Vision: A Leadership Summit.
Many standards and stewardship principles developed by the philanthropic field in recent years have linked diversity and inclusiveness as one practice that helps foundations to be effective stewards. Foundations of all types are encouraged to have a governing board that has a diverse composition and represents diverse perspectives. The foundation’s governing board should also ensure that the foundation has policies in place to promote staff and committee diversity.

The Summit will take place May 4
–7, 2008, in National Harbor, Maryland, just outside Washington, DC. For information about The Summit, including session descriptions, accommodations, and logistics, visit www.philanthropysummit.org
.
To apply for a scholarship, please review the guidelines and submit a completed application form [pdf]. Because scholarships will be awarded on a rolling basis, applicants are encouraged to submit their applications as soon as possible. Applications will be accepted until March 1, 2008, or until the available funds are committed. For additional information about the scholarship fund, please contact Dana Hughes at 703-879-0712 or Dana.Hughes@cof.org
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Employment
THE CHRISTENSEN FUND
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT:
DIRECTOR OF GRANTMAKING
February 2008
The Position
The Director of Grantmaking is an exciting new senior management position that has opened up as a result of ongoing planned growth at The Christensen Fund. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Grantmaking will lead and support the Program Officer and Grants Administration teams to enhance the quality and impact of grantmaking, enabling the Executive Director to focus on overall institutional and strategic issues. S/he will leverage the integration of the Fund’s program and the grants administration processes. S/he will bring tactical genius and an enabling management style to imaginatively and efficiently implement the ambitious grantmaking necessary to realize the Fund’s carefully evolved mission and program strategies. S/he will bring energy and knowledge to the practical complexities of crafting and overseeing grantmaking systems, of making successful grants and securing reporting, and of evaluating and deepening the impact of grant strategies. The successful candidate will combine strong management skills with a passion for environmental, cultural and indigenous issues.
The Christensen Fund (TCF) and the Role of the Director of Grantmaking
The Christensen Fund ( www.christensenfund.org
), founded in 1957 and located in Palo Alto in the San Francisco Bay
Area, is an independent private foundation that has long supported international work in the arts and conservation science fields and now works with the following mission:

The Christensen Fund believes in the power of biological and cultural diversity to sustain and enrich a world faced with great change and uncertainty.
We focus on the “bio-cultural” – the rich but neglected adaptive interweave of people and place, culture and ecology.
The Fund’s mission is to buttress the efforts of people and institutions who believe in a biodiverse world infused with artistic expression and work to secure ways of life and landscapes that are beautiful, bountiful and resilient.
We pursue this mission through place-based work in regions chosen for their potential to withstand and recover from the global erosion of diversity. We focus on backing the efforts of locallyrecognized community custodians of this heritage, and their alliances with scholars, artists, advocates and others. We also fund international efforts to build global understanding of these issues. These are challenging goals, so we seek out imaginative, thoughtful and occasionally odd partners to learn with. The Fund works primarily through grant making, as well as through capacity and network building, knowledge generation, collaboration and mission-related investments.
The Director of Grantmaking will join a diverse and lively-minded team that works with energy and humor to make a difference in a deeply troubled world. This team currently comprises 28 staff and consultants who are located in nine countries, and strives to operate collaboratively while valuing unique individual perspectives. On-going growth in the context of this complexity requires additional management capacity.
The position will strengthen grantmaking projected at US$15m in 2008 and anticipated to rise to US$25m/annum over the next several years, mainly to small organizations around the world run by indigenous people and to their allies. Grantmaking is undertaken by a strong team of seven Program Officers and five Grant Administration staff in the framework of Board-approved grant program strategies. Five Program Officers are responsible for specific geographical regions of the world (African Rift Valley; Central Asia and Turkey; Melanesia; Northwestern
Mexico/Southwestern USA; and Northern Australia), and two Program Officers lead our Global Programs. The Grant
Administration team brings solid data management and process skills, as well as practical experience with development and social justice issues domestically and internationally and an ability to assist our grantees with the process and to guide POs on compliance issues as necessary. TCF also draws on support from consultants engaged on a full and part time basis around the world to liaise with and support grantees and applicants in the countries in which we work. (For details of our background, programs and staff please consult www.christensenfund.org
.)
Responsibilities
The Director of Grantmaking will oversee and support a talented multi-disciplinary team of five Regional Program
Officers and two Global Program Officers, and an experienced Grants Administrator who currently leads a team of four professionals.
Reporting to the Executive Director, the Director of Grantmaking will be responsible for:
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Oversight and integration of program and grants administration systems to strengthen grantmaking and reporting (to board, staff and public), within and beyond the new web-based grant management interface,
Cybergrants R

 Management and mentorship of the (currently) seven POs and Grants Administrator with support from the
Executive Director; lead role in hiring and performance evaluation of these positions
 Review of Grant Justification Memos, Program Officer’s annual grantmaking and program strategy documents for final approval by the Executive Director and/or Board
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Implementation in collaboration with the Grants Administrator of tactical processes for managing grantmaking including budgeting, reporting, projections, coding, and grantee reporting
 Assistance to Program Officers and Grants Administration to resolve practical issues in crafting individual grants, resolving problems in implementation and reporting, and in providing support to grantees
 Support of Program Officers and Grants Administration to develop methods for review and evaluation of grantmaking strategies and to document, learn from, and communicate the findings
 Close liaison and collaboration with the Director of Operations and the Director of Finance and Investment on staffing, IT, financial, communications, and other organization-wide issues
 Work with Executive Director, staff and Board to develop and evaluate our institutional performance and identify strategic opportunities to meet our mission.
This position will be based in the San Francisco Bay Area (Palo Alto) and requires extensive international travel to
TCF’s priority regions and to represent the Fund domestically and internationally as necessary. The position will likely include some grantmaking responsibilities in a defined area depending on the particular skills and interests of the candidate and the needs of TCF.
Traits and Skills
TCF is looking for candidates who bring:
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Solid grantmaking experience, with a thorough understanding of the operation of international foundations, and the regulatory environments which govern them
 Proven ability to work and lead in an enabling manner in a cross-cultural context in an organization that values the contributions and learning of all
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Demonstrated strategic capacity as a tactician and a manager
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Rich international experience with a variety of kinds of institutions and issues
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Passion for sustaining the world’s cultural and biological diversity; respect for the values and concerns of indigenous and tribal peoples
 Significant field experience at the landscape and community level and understanding of what it means to back local stewards and institutions
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A graduate degree (or equivalent experience) in an environmental or social science field, along with knowledge of bio-cultural diversity, landscape, resilience, and knowledge of TCF priority regions being an advantage
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At least ten years professional experience at a senior level
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Integrity, tact, incisiveness, analytical and reasoning skills, problem solving skills, and agility to manage multiple assignments
 Experience in legal and regulatory compliance an advantage
 Strong IT and data management skills
 Excellent oral and written English, with other relevant languages an advantage

Compensation and Terms of Employment
The position is available immediately and it is hoped that the person would be able to join by the summer or fall of
2008. Relocation assistance would be provided to a non-Bay Area hire.
A competitive salary and benefits package commensurate with qualifications and experience will be provided.
Staff at TCF are encouraged to maintain active intellectual and creative engagement in the development of their fields of specialty, in particular as these advance the mission and strategies of the TCF and its grantee communities.
Applications
Please send a cover letter and CV to resumes@christensenfund.org
or mail it to Mayumi Fujio Morrow, 394
University Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94301, USA, marked Confidential .
Applications should be received by April 6 th , 2008; review of credentials will be immediate, and interviews scheduled for May 2008.