President's Page

This section features philanthropy news, resources, articles, links and original articles by Diana R. Sieger, Grand Rapids Community Foundation's President.

My Community Matters blog

Most recent blog posts are listed below:

What was your first job? What summer jobs did you have? How did this impact your life?

January 10^th, 2012

Shelley Irwin, host of WGVU Radio Morning Show as well as WGVU-TV programs, has had me on every month on her radio show in a segment known as “Perspectives in Philanthropy” for a number of years.  It is a great way to delve into topics of interest in our community as well as highlight key aspects of the Grand Rapids Community Foundation.

This past Monday on Shelley’s show, I talked about the key accomplishments of the Community Foundation in 2011 and provided a glimpse... read full post

Other Recent Posts

• You Poor Souls! ;-)
• Lessons learned from a Generous Man
• Joint Statement on the Charitable Tax Deduction
• Threat to the Charitable Tax Deduction
• I love our donors!

Recent articles by Diana Sieger

President's Letters from the Community Foundation's journal, Current.

• Winter 2011
• Fall 2011
• Summer 2011
• Spring 2011

WGVU Perspectives on Philanthropy

Perspectives on Philanthropy airs on WGVU 88.5 fm on the second Monday of the month at 10 a.m. Host Shelley Irwin talks with Diana about a variety of issues surrounding philanthropy, the community and Grand Rapids Community Foundation.

Diana’s Bookshelf

Here are a few books that Diana Sieger has read and refers to in some of her recent talks and writings.

Integrating Mission and Strategy for Nonprofit Organizations by James A. Phills Jr.
Stanford Conversations in Philanthropy editors Julie M. Juergens and Bruce R. Sievers
Effective Foundation Management by Joel Orosz
Made to Stick by Dan Heath and Chip Heath
Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky
Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards by Richard Chait, et al