Board Governance

Board and staff leaders can adapt this template from the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits to develop the board nomination and election process for your organization.

Sample bylaws for a nonprofit with membership.

Sample bylaws for a nonprofit with a self-renewing board of directors.

Adapt from these sample bylaws only for organizations without members.

Best practices for adapting template CEO contracts to fit your organization's needs:

Adapt from these sample confidentiality agreements for Information about clients. (National Council of Nonprofits)

Use this sample inventory sheet to keep record of both onsite and offsite locations of important documents, bank account numbers, and other important information. (TransitionGuides)

Nonprofit organizations can adapt this sample emergency succession plan (CompassPoint) for the process of appointing an acting executive in the event of an unplanned absence. 

Every organization will eventually experience a change in executive leadership, which is a time of both risk and opportunity. Nonprofit organizations can adapt this executive director succession policy example to create their own succession policy (Raffa, formerly TransitionGuides).

Executive transitions can be stressful for everyone involved. Transition Guides makes this transition easier with an "Executive Search & Transition Time Line Worksheet" to assist your organization in the process. (Transition Guides)