Category Archives: Executive Memo

Something for consideration by executive leadership.

The toughest question

HERE IS ONE OF THE MOST significant and most difficult questions of philanthropy.
Why?
Three letters and a bit of punctuation within which is captured an inquiry that could easily set us scrambling for information. In our rush we may articulate a reverse justification that begins at that thing we wish to fund. Or so often we [...]

Promise

AUTHOR, MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY pioneer, history professor K. Ross Toole would taunt his students saying go ahead. Leave Montana. See what the rest of the world has to offer. You’ll be back. He used to get to say that to a lot of young people, myself included. His Montana and the West course was offered in [...]

What we do

Photo W O’Leary | Sunrise over the Bridgers
IF YOUR ORGANIZATION is interested in having us consult with you here is a brief description of how we do things. We don’t have an off-the-shelf, one-size-fits-all, program for you. We start working on a proposal after we’ve had a chance to talk with you a few times. [...]

Bumps in the road

Patrick Sheehy of MajorGiftsMT writes about the Executive Director’s role in times of crisis — especially in times of cash crunch.