Successful nonprofit board meetings are inspiring, productive, and efficient. This must-have resource poses critical questions, provides easy-to-implement answers, suggests tools, clarifies legal and ethical expectations, and, yes, even shows you how to insert some fun […]
All successful nonprofits begin with visionary leaders who provide the enthusiasm, determination, and support needed to transform inspiration into dynamic organizations. But as organizations grow and mature, they often need to take a more strategic […]
Nonprofit leaders who are aware of their organization’s development stage are positioned to be more strategic about planning for its future. In Navigating the Organizational Lifecycle, you’ll learn how to assess your nonprofit’s stage of development […]
Although more than one-third of nonprofits employ advisory groups, many are not using them to their full potential. Often, they are formed because they seem like a good way to boost an organization’s professional qualifications […]
The executive committee is a small group of board members — usually including the board chair, other officers, and the chief executive as an ex officio member — that often has the authority to make […]
Most nonprofit boards have a principal finance committee that oversees the financial planning and management of the organization to ensure that all fiscal aspects of operations are in order. Many also find a need for […]
The governance committee’s basic purpose is to help the board — and ultimately the organization — reach its full potential. This simple statement encompasses a complex set of responsibilities that influence a board’s capacity for […]
Nonprofit chief executive compensation is being scrutinized by the IRS, state regulators, the media, legislators, and potential funders. Does your board have a process that allows you to offer a salary that will attract and […]
This bundle was created especially for boards trying to recover from the economic consequences of the pandemic. It includes four great publications — all related to what your board needs to know as it works toward getting your organization’s financials back on track.
Updated in 2015, BoardSource’s downloadable toolkit, Recruiting a Stronger Board, will help your board sharpen its focus in key areas of recruitment, including setting the framework for the recruitment process identifying and cultivating potential candidates ensuring […]
Strategic planning takes many forms based on a nonprofit’s structure and goals. The focus of the process is on accomplishing the big-picture goals and needs of an organization, rather than just checking items off a […]
Should your board be more strategic about strategic planning? Does it fall into one of these camps? Plans for the near term, essentially reacting to current conditions Writes a strategic plan and then puts it […]
This publication is part of The Governance Series, a six-book collection addressing all of the fundamental elements of service common to most boards. Structures and Practices of Nonprofit Boards provides a set of basic guidelines […]
Addressing troubling behavior in a timely manner can make the difference between troubling and troublesome. Organized as a reference guide, Taming the Troublesome Board Member lays out a blueprint for avoiding and resolving the challenge […]
BoardSource’s most popular and enduring publication —Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards — has a companion workbook. Why is “Ten Basic Responsibilities,” as we at BoardSource fondly call it, so popular? Because it states clearly and […]
Practitioner’s Guide to Governance as Leadership shows how to achieve excellence and peak performance in the boardroom by putting into practice the groundbreaking model that was introduced in the book, Governance as Leadership. This proven model of […]