Who Runs the Big Foundations? A Look at the Leadership of the Largest 100 Foundations

With recent CEO turnover at large foundations, there's been much talk about an apparent trend of foundation boards appointing CEOs with some background in philanthropy. We've seen several high-profile internal promotions in the last couple of years to the top job, such as at Ford, Kellogg and MacArthur. We've also seen appointments of those with experience leading other foundations, such as at Barr and The Heinz Endowments.

Three years ago, we looked at the backgrounds of CEOs at the 100 largest foundations in the U.S., as listed by Foundation Center, and noted that the majority...