Richard A. Mittenthal

Education: BS: Roosevelt University, in Economics, MBA: Northwestern University
Service Expertise: consulting, general management, strategic and organizational planning, and governance
TCC Practice Areas: Philanthropy, Nonprofit

Publications:

• "Effective Philanthropy: The Importance of Focus"
• "Ten Keys to Successful Strategic Planning for Nonprofit and Foundation Leaders"
• Chapter on Strategic Program Design in Rethinking Philanthropic Effectiveness Lessons From an International Network of Foundation Experts, 2005

Presentations & Speeches:

• Keynote address, "Grantee/Consultant Engagements: What Doesn't Work, Principles for Success, and What Funders Expect," at the United Way of New York City conference, "Using Management Consultants for Nonprofit Organizations: Promises and Pitfalls" at the Baruch College School of Public Affairs
• Presented, Opening Address, "Trends in Society and Philanthropy and How They Will Affect Your Job," at "Beyond the Basics: Advanced Grantmaking Workshop" for the Ohio Grantmaker's Forum
• "Success and Failures in Philanthropy," The Philanthropy Workshop
• Faculty, The European Foundation Center's Summer Academy on Philanthropy in London, England, and Bologna, Italy
• Presented at the Annual Endowment Institute through the United Jewish Communities
• Presented a seminar, "Workshop on Strategic Planning: Why and How Funders Should Plan," at the Donors Forum
• Panelist for, "From Routine to Ready, Set, Go: Engaging the Board in Making Meaningful Plans" at the National Leadership Forum for the National Center for Nonprofit Boards
• Participated in the National Leadership Forum through the National Center for Nonprofit Boards Forum

RICHARD MITTENTHAL is President and CEO of TCC Group. He joined the firm in 1989, and since then has led consulting and planning assignments for a wide range of clients, including, the Japan Foundation/Center for Global Partnership, the Amparo Foundation and the Amparo Museum, the Ford Foundation, the Foundation for the Mid South, the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, the Freeman Foundation, Children's Defense Fund, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, the Henry Luce Foundation, and the Josiah Macy Foundation.

In 1997, Mittenthal initiated a collaborative effort with the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy to create the Grantmakers Institute, a series of educational courses for foundation staff around the country. In 1999, he served as Senior Advisor to the 93rd American Assembly: Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector in a Changing America. He was a member of the International Network on Strategic Philanthropy, an initiative involving 58 individuals from North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia.

Mittenthal spent 12 years at the New York Community Trust, where from 1983 to 1989 he served as Vice President for Program, overseeing the discretionary grant program at the largest community foundation in the United States. He previously worked as a Corporate Loan Officer at the Irving Trust Company and served as Associate Director of the Volunteer Urban Consulting Group from 1973 to 1977.

Active in civic and cultural affairs, Mittenthal served for six years as a mayoral appointee to the New York City Commission on Cultural Affairs, 13 years as a Trustee of Meet the Composer, eight years as a Trustee of the Orchestra of St. Luke's, six years as a Board Member of the Dalton School, and seven years as a Trustee of The American Symphony Orchestra League. He currently serves on the Boards of Directors of the Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration, the Alliance for the Arts, and as President of Symphony Space. Mittenthal is a member of the Council of the Aspen Institute's Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Program.

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