The blog White Courtesy Telephone pays tribute to the late Joseph C.K. Breiteneicher, who died June 22 after a battle with cancer.

Mr. Breiteneicher, who most recently served as chief executive of the Philanthropic Initiative, a nonprofit group that advises donors, wrote an item for the blog Hail, Sons and Daughters of Carnegie — a predecessor to White Courtesy Telephone. The essay focused on why foundations should not pay their trustees.

Albert Ruesga, author of White Courtesy Telephone, has posted the item on his blog in memory of Mr. Breiteneicher.

“Trusteeship is a sacred calling—as should be all work in the philanthropic sector,” Mr. Breiteneicher wrote. “Compensating trustees diminishes the stewardship values and moral force of the sector.”

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