Foundation Sponsored Resources on Leadership Transitions

Systematic executive transition and leadership succession programs make materials available on the web:

  1. Annie E. Casey Foundation. A core supporter of the leadership succession field, the Annie E. Casey Foundation offers reports and guides on topics that come up again and again, such as hiring an interim leader, the departure of a founding CEO, or generational change in leadership.

  2. The Hyams Foundation, Inc. The foundation’s website includes Executive Director Tenure and Transition in Southern New England, the January 2004 final report of the New England Executive Transition Partnership, a consortium of funders in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island.

  3. Illinois Arts Alliance Foundation. Among the resources available on this website is a toolkit on succession planning, with guidelines, checklists, best practices, and frequently asked questions.

  4. Grantmakers may also want to review the many helpful materials available from the major nonprofit executive transition management consultancies, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services and TransitionGuides.

Takeaways are critical, bite-sized resources either excerpted from our guides or written by Candid Learning for Funders using the guide's research data or themes post-publication. Attribution is given if the takeaway is a quotation.

This takeaway was derived from Executive Transitions.

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