Foundations 101: How to Start and Run a Great Foundation (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781541177154)

Stephen Isaacs, JD, and Paul Jellinek, PhD, are the founding partners of Isaacs/Jellinek, a consulting firm that helps foundations and foundation-funded organizations reach their full potential. Together, they have more than fifty years' experience in the field of philanthropy: as grant makers, grant seekers, and advisors to foundations. Mr. Isaacs is an attorney, a writer-editor, and a retired Columbia University professor. He served as a program officer in the U.S. Agency for International Development, a vice president of International Planned Parenthood, and as president of the Center for Health and Social Policy. A graduate of Brown University and Columbia Law School, Mr. Isaacs also serves as a director of The Royce Funds. Dr. Jellinek spent nearly twenty years at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the last twenty as a program vice president. He managed a portfolio of $370 million in fields ranging from children's health to substance abuse prevention. Dr. Jellinek received a BA from the University of Pennsylvania and his doctorate in health policy and administration from the University of North Carolina.