John Tyler- Foundations & PRIs
Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation

As the Foundation’s general counsel, secretary, and chief ethics officer, John Tyler manages all legal aspects of the Foundation’s operations, including governance, intellectual property, employment, investments, and compliance with applicable state and federal regulations.

Tyler is a frequent presenter on such diverse topics as nonprofit governance, private foundations, intellectual property, and advancing university innovation for national organizations such as the Philanthropy Roundtable, Association of Small Foundations, the Council on Foundations, the American Bar Association Committee on Taxation, the Max Planck Institute, Indian Institute of Science, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Tyler has authored or coauthored numerous scholarly articles published in law reviews and legal journals, such as a recent article on advancing university innovation in the University of Minnesota Law School's Journal of Law, Science and Technology. He is also a co-author of the monograph How Public is Private Philanthropy? Separating Reality from Myth (Philanthropy Roundtable 2009).

Tyler continues to serve in nonprofit leadership roles, including the Alliance for Charitable Reform, The Philanthropic Collaborative, Kauffman Innovation Network, Inc., Urban Entrepreneur Partnership, Inc., UEP Gulf Coast, Inc., and Kauffman Scholars, Inc. Tyler has served as a member of the Advisory Board to NYU Law School’s National Center on Philanthropy and the Law.