Board Director, Philanthropic Foundations Canada

Philanthropic Foundations Canada’s (“PFC”) Nominating Committee urges you to consider making a nomination for the Board of Directors (“Board”) of PFC. The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 14, 2025. The election of new directors will take place at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) to be held virtually on Thursday, June 12, 2025. The new Directors will be expected to join the Board in Nova Scotia for an in-person meeting on June 12 and 13, 2025. 

We have one (1) vacancy to fill. Self-nominations are welcome. If nominating another member, please seek their agreement to serve in advance and attach a note to this effect.    

The nomination process aims to ensure that the Board reflects PFC’s diversity, equity, and inclusion policy, and that it is populated with the necessary leadership and expertise to advance philanthropy and PFC’s mission; particularly as we have just launched our 2025-2028 Strategic Framework. A good understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing philanthropy is required, particularly during these challenging times.  

For this particular call for nominations, we are especially interested in nominees who are:  

• Board trustees of a Family Foundation;
• from Western provinces; and/or
• francophones. 

Criteria 

Nominees can be a Board director from a PFC member or a staff member (at any level) from a PFC member.  

Each candidate will bring experience or expertise in one or more of these key functions: 

• Governance
•  Finance/audit
•  Investment strategy 
• Strategic communications 
• Public policy/government relations/advocacy 
• Legal 
• Grantmaking
• Philanthropic issues and practice

The nominating committee will strive to keep the Board as representative as possible by: 

• Drawing from all regions of Canada. 
• Representing foundations of all sizes and types (family, corporate, public). 
• Having directors from all age brackets. 
• Seeking candidates who bring perspectives from other forms of diversity (Indigenous peoples; racialized Canadians; new Canadians; disabled Canadians). 
• Welcoming all genders and sexual orientations 
• Seeking to have at least 20% of Directors who have French as their mother tongue or are fully bilingual. 

Some things to keep in mind when submitting your nomination: 

• The Board term is three (3) years, renewable for a second term. 
• The Board meets four (4) times a year, twice (2) in person and twice (2) virtually; with occasional special meetings as required. 
• The in-person Board meetings are held in different cities across the country (Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver), in rotation, in June and November. Travel costs are incurred by PFC with an opt-out option should a member or their employer be willing to assume these costs themselves. 
• Board members will serve on one of the standing committees which meet virtually between Board meetings.   
• Should your Board candidacy not be successful, PFC will launch a nomination process to serve on a committee in June (i.e. Finance and Audit, Public Policy and Member Services). PFC members can serve on these committees without being a Board director. 

If you would like to submit a nomination, please complete the form below, by Friday, March 14, 2025. 

The Nominating Committee will consider all nominations received and recommend a slate of Directors to the Board and members for election in June.  

Thank you for supporting PFC.