Nonprofit Leaders Offer Thoughts on Brest's Successor at Hewlett Foundation
Philanthropy News Digest
January 5, 2012
Leaders of nine progressive nonprofits have sent a letter to the trustees of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation offering their thoughts on the foundation's search for a successor to Paul Brest, who plans to step down later this year after more than a decade as president, the Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.
In the letter, officials from organizations such as Friends of the Earth, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, and the National Council of La Raza said they hoped the foundation would choose a leader who shares Brest's commitment to long-term grants that do not have too many strings attached and who will work to alleviate racial inequality.
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