Foundation Board Practices Survey
Gain insight into comprehensive data on foundation board structure, governance and compensation trends.
Establishing Industry Standards for Foundation Boards
This survey is designed to establish industry standards that will strengthen the philanthropic sector by providing comprehensive insight into board composition and structure, governance best practices, member demographics, time commitment, board effectiveness, compensation program prevalence, value and design and more.
Participant Price Available in 2027
Survey Highlights
Insight into current and projected costs of board compensation with additional information on compensation components such as role-specific retainers, meeting fees, matching and discretionary grants program participation and more.
Details on board structure including term limits, committees, expertise requirements, and time commitment.
Key Details
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Data collected through our secure, online data collection.
Submit data once and qualify for all applicable surveys.
Prepopulated prior-year data whenever possible.
Submit compensation data through an Excel file upload.
Delegate survey tasks across your organization to other colleagues.
Enhanced multiphase auditing process helps to ensure data integrity and accuracy.
Dedicated participant support team and subject matter experts on hand to assist with any questions.
Dedicated participant support team and subject matter experts to assist with any questions.
Exclusive participant pricing and bundles as well as early submission discounts.
Early access to benchmarks and pay practices reports.
Input on preferred topics for future surveys.
Access to pulse survey results covering hot topics.
Complimentary access to pay practices reports when submitting to those survey sections.
The pay practices report is delivered via SullivanCotter’s web-based Benchmarks360™ product suite – providing users with self-serve analytics dashboards for their unique reporting needs.
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Key Dates:
Opens: Fall 2027
Closes: Fall 2027
Publication: Winter 2027
Current Status: Closed
2027 Pricing:
Pricing Available in 2027
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