Esposito, Virginia video interview and transcript

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Esposito, Virginia video interview and transcript

Contributor

Smither, James
Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership, Michigan Philanthropy Oral History Project

Description

Virginia Esposito (Ginny) is the Founding President of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. She discusses her early life, education, and work as teacher and administrator at the Council on Foundations, and CEO of the National Center for Family Philanthropy. She also discusses meeting inspiring international leaders, experiences with her mentor Paul Ylvisaker, the origins and development of the National Center, regional associations of grantmakers, and the Grand Rapids philanthropic community. She shares discoveries from hundreds of her interviews with families about family foundation transition, the economic issues of payout and perpetuity, and the challenges and feelings of responsibility and joy of foundation giving.

Date

2010-02-18

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Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Johnson Center for Philanthropy Archives

Identifier

JCPA-08_EspositoV

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video/mp4
application/pdf

Type

Moving Image
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Language

eng

Citation

Esposito, Virginia, “Esposito, Virginia video interview and transcript,” Digital Collections, accessed December 21, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/26227.
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