ABSTRACT
The practice is growing of substituting for permanent staff experts temporary officers, nearly always university professors on leave of absence. This gives to the foundation a wider range of selection and leaves it free to change the technical character of its interest without turning off an officer who might have difficulty in finding another position. In practically every field with which a foundation may be concerned, there is a need for advice of professional competence, whether such advice is to be found in the permanent staff or is obtained ad hoc as needed. More and more the help which foundations are receiving from outside sources comes not from individuals, but from groups, usually committees of national professional or scholarly bodies, or councils made up from such organizations. To ensure competent conduct of its affairs, a foundation must be adequately staffed, for correspondence, accountancy, editorial, and other services, but in these it does not differ from any similar organization.
