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• 10 Common Benefits of Dashboard Reporting
• 10 Tasks of a Development Committee
• 5 Phases of Strategic Planning
• 501(h) Lobbying Election
• 7 Questions to Ask When Reviewing the Annual Budget
• A Guide to Succession Planning for Foundation Boards
• A Nonprofit Board’s Dynamics and Processes — FAQs
• Accepting or Refusing Gifts
• Addressing Staff Complaints
• Advisory Councils — Nine Keys to Success
• Advocacy, Lobbying, and Political Activities
• Annual Board Actions
• Appropriate Delegation
• Approving Chief Executive Compensation
• Are you Considering Starting a Nonprofit?
• Ask Our Consultants: Board Members with Fundraising Expertise
• Ask Our Consultants: Strategic Planning & Redefining the Vision
• Audit Committee Responsibilities
• Auditing Your Nonprofit
• Avoiding Financial Risks
• Avoiding Legal Trouble
• Avoiding Personal Liability
• Avoiding the Glass Cliff: Advice to Boards on Preparing for and Supporting A New Leader of Color
• Awareness to Action: A Guide for Boards and Chief Executives on a Racial Equity Journey
• Beyond Political Correctness: Building a Diverse and Inclusive Board
• Board Chair and Chief Executive Communications- FAQ
• Board Chair Role and Responsibilities
• Board Chairs: The First 30 Days — Charter Boards
• Board Culture and Meetings
• Board Fundraising Policy: Key Elements and Practical Tips
• Board Level Academic Dashboards – Step 3: Using your dashboard effectively
• Board Liaison
• Board Meeting Attendance Reimbursement Policies
• Board Meeting Minutes
• Board Meeting Preparation: 10 Tips for Chief Executives and Board Chairs
• Board Meetings — FAQs
• Board Member as Interim Chief Executive
• Board Member Compensation
• Board Member Exit Interviews
• Board Member Independence
• Board Members and Personal Contributions
• Board Members as Providers of Professional Services
• Board Members’ Role in Fundraising
• Board Officer Succession Planning
• Board Orientation
• Board Policy Checklist — Charter Boards
• Board Recruitment Process
• Board Responsibilities and Structures — FAQs
• Board Retreats — Charter Boards
• Board Secretary Role and Responsibilities
• Board Service Readiness Quiz
• Board Size: Finding the Sweet Spot
• Board Treasurer Role and Responsibilities
• Boards That Micromanage
• Building a Nonprofit Board for the First Time
• Building an Effective Strategic Planning Process — Charter Boards
• Building Constituent Support Through a Jeffersonian Dinner
• Building Trust
• Capital Campaigns
• Case Statements
• Catalytic Questions
• Centering Purpose in Times of Change: A Guide for Purpose-Driven Boards
• Charity Watchdogs
• Charting a New Path Forward: Insights & Reflections from BoardSource’s Strategic Planning Efforts
• Checklist of Board Roles and Responsibilities
• Chief Executive Dos and Don’ts in Recruiting Nonprofit Board Members
• Chief Executive Performance Evaluation
• Chief Executive Recruitment: Finding the Right Candidate
• Chief Executive Succession Planning
• Chief Executive Succession Planning Guidelines
• Chief Executive’s Fundraising Responsibilities
• Choosing to Merge
• Clients on a Nonprofit Board
• Co-Chief Executives
• Codes of Conduct and Ethics
• Combating Stagnation
• Committee Charter Template
• Communicating a Planned CEO Transition
• Confidentiality in the Boardroom
• Conflict of Interest Examples and Samples
• Conflict of Interest for Nonprofits
• Consensus Decision Making: A Success Story
• Consent Agendas
• Corporate Sponsorship
• Creating a Corporate Sponsor Relationship
• Creating a Separate Fundraising Foundation
• Dashboard Reporting
• Dealing with Resistance to Board Self-Assessment
• Developing a Compensation Philosophy
• Developing Diverse Income Streams
• Development Committee Charge — Charter Boards
• Disqualified Individual
• Dissolving a Nonprofit
• Dividing Duties Between Board and Staff
• Eight Ways to Increase Your Board's Ability to Work as a Team
• Elements of a Strategic Plan
• Elements of a Vision Statement
• Elements to Include in a Chief Executive Employment Contract
• Emergency Leadership Transition Plan
• Evaluating the Fit of a Board Service Opportunity
• Every Board’s Must-Have Documents
• Exceptional Governance in Action: OneJustice
• Executive Committee
• Executive Sessions for Nonprofit Boards
• Executive Sessions: How to Use Them Regularly and Wisely
• Exit Planning for Retiring Nonprofit CEOs
• Federated Organizations: Defining the Relationship between Chapters and Parent Organization
• Financial Issues — FAQs
• Financial Risk Management — Charter Boards
• Fiscal Sponsorship
• Five Leadership Transition Types
• Form 990 – IRS Instructions for Non Profit
• Four Tips from a First Time Board Chair
• Fundraising Roles
• Fundraising — FAQs
• Generative Governance: Tips on How to Put It into Practice
• Giving & Receiving Feedback
• Good Habits of an Effective Board Chair
• Governance and Management: A High-Level Framework — Charter Boards
• Governance Committee
• Governance Committee Charge — Charter Boards
• Governance Documentation: Articles, Bylaws, and Policies
• Governance in Form 990
• Governance in Organizational Expansion
• Handling Board Member Complaints
• Helping Nonprofit Boards Make Good Decisions
• How Nonprofits and Board Members Can Respond to COVID-19
• How to Involve Former Board Members
• How to Remove a Board Member
• Insurance and Risk Management
• Intermediate Sanctions
• Internal Controls
• Introduction to Strategic Planning — Charter Boards
• It’s Time to Talk About…the Recent College Admissions Scandal
• It’s Time to Talk About…“Tainted” Donors
• John Carver’s Policy Governance Model
• Joining a Nonprofit Board
• Key Questions to Ask Before Joining a Nonprofit Board
• Meeting With Your Authorizer: Preparing For a Board-to-Board Meeting — Charter Boards
• Membership Organizations
• Mentor Your Way to Board Development
• Mind the Gap: Mission Accomplishment Measures
• Mission, Vision, Values, and Purpose
• Need for Legal Assistance
• Nepotism and Boards
• Non-Board Members as Committee Members
• Nonprofit Background Check Policy Considerations
• Nonprofit Board Committee Members: Who Should Serve on Which Committee?
• Nonprofit Board Members Applying for Staff Positions
• Nonprofit Business Plan
• Nonprofit Bylaws
• Nonprofit Fiduciary Duty + Responsibilities
• Nonprofit Incorporation
• Nonprofit Mission Statement
• Nonprofit Operating Reserves
• Nonprofit Organization Laws and Regulations – FAQs
• Organizational Information: What’s Public? What’s Private?
• Passion for Mission
• Performance Goals for the Chief Executive
• Political Activity and Public Charities
• Private Benefit, Private Inurement, and Self-Dealing
• Productive Meetings
• Proxy Voting and Your Board
• Questions the Organization Will Ask You as a Prospective Board Candidate
• Questions to Ask Before Joining a Board
• Quorum for Board Meeting
• Rebranding: A Success Story
• Recommended Board Practices
• Recordkeeping Policy Basics — Charter Boards
• Regulating and Monitoring Nonprofits
• Reimagining Boards for High Impact
• Removing a Board Member
• Resigning from the Board
• Risk Management
• Roles in Strategic Planning
• Rubber-Stamping Boards
• Sabbaticals in a Nonprofit
• Sample Board Member Job Description
• Sample Board Member Job Posting (Advocacy Expertise)
• Scanning the Charter School’s Environment — Charter Boards
• Scenario Planning
• School Leader Reports — Charter Boards
• Secretary Job Description — Charter Boards
• Selecting New Board Members: Suggestions for a Strategic Interview Process — Charter Boards
• Serving on a Performing Arts Board
• Sharing Authority in a Nonprofit
• Should Our Nonprofit Organization Have Members?
• Should the Chief Executive Have a Vote?
• Six Characteristics of Effective Boards
• Social Media & Governance: Using It to Advance Your Mission
• Staffing a New Organization
• Stakeholder Complaints
• Strategic Onboarding of New Board Members — Charter Boards
• Strengthen Your Board’s Leadership by Increasing Its Understanding of Programs
• Structuring Board Committees
• Successful Board Self-Assessment
• Succession Planning: Frequently Asked Questions — Charter Boards
• Sunshine Laws — Frequently Asked Questions
• Supporting Organization
• Terms and Term Limits
• The Accountable Board
• The Board’s Role in Supervising Investments and Three Must-Dos
• The Consent Agenda: A Tool for Improving Governance
• The Four Ws (and an H) of Board Self-Assessment
• The Importance of Board of Directors
• The Role of the Former Chief Executive
• The Top 10 Tips for Being a Great Board Chair — Charter Boards
• The Top Five Ways to Mess Up Hiring the Right CEO
• Transitioning from Working Board to Governing Board
• Transparency
• Unrelated Business Income Tax
• Vice Chair Job Description — Charter Boards
• Vice Chair Role and Responsibilities
• Virtual Board Meetings
• Virtual Meeting Attendance: Not Present But Still Here
• What are the Legal Duties of Nonprofit Board Members?
• What Investors Look for in a Nonprofit Business Plan
• What is Advocacy?
• What is Lobbying?
• What to Evaluate
• When a Funder Stops Funding
• Who Handles the Finances?
• Why is D&O Insurance Important?
• Year-End CEO Bonus
• Youth Board Service
• Executive Committee Charge — Charter Boards