Many board members associate performance assessments with judgment, bias, and the need to defend one’s actions. However, without appropriate monitoring and feedback, it is difficult to evaluate whether your board is meeting goals and embracing recommended practices. This resource describes signs that it might be time for your board to assess its performance.
Retreats require careful planning and a significant commitment of resources, time, and creative energy — by planners, by the organization’s staff, and by participants. Use this six-page guide to answer important questions surrounding nonprofit board retreats.
Two of the most important legal documents, a nonprofit’s articles of incorporation and its bylaws, overlap in a few key instances yet are also quite distinct. Learn about the similarities and differences to ensure your organization is operating as it should.
Though the United States’ demographics continue to brown, organizational leadership is not on pace with these changes, and people of color are not given the opportunity to assume leadership positions. This guest blog post discusses new findings and how one organization has shown what’s possible when intent and impact marry, resulting in tangible action.
Donor harassment is a very difficult situation, but it happens enough in the sector that it can’t be ignored. This blog post — co-written by BoardSource CEO Anne Wallestad and Mike Geiger, president and CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals — gives tangible advice to help your organization navigate through this challenge.
