Case Study: Ernst Göhner Foundation achieves efficient, secure board operations with Diligent Boards

Ernst Göhner Foundation Uses Board Portal to Power Its Charitable Efforts

The Ernst Göhner Foundation, based in Zug, Switzerland, manages annual charitable funding for culture, the environment, education and science and is governed by a nine-person committee that meets quarterly. The Foundation struggled with preparing and distributing several-hundred-page meeting packs: printing, photocopying and mailing consumed a full workday each quarter, risked high postage costs and late-night rushes when last-minute changes occurred.

They adopted the Diligent Boards portal so board members can receive, read, annotate and comment on documents on iPads. Meeting materials are now compiled and distributed in minutes as fully encrypted files, eliminating paper, reducing security risks and saving time; administrators required minimal training and report faster review cycles and improved efficiency for the secretariat and executives.

Ernst Göhner Foundation

Lucia Tellenbach

Secretary