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  • Sample Reserve Fund Policy

    Sample reserve fund policy examples you can adapt for your organization provided by Propel Nonprofits.

    Operating Reserves with Nonprofit Policy Examples

  • Sample RFP (Request For Proposal) for Audit Services

    A sample RFP for audit services that you can adapt for your organization.

     

  • What to Do with Board Members Who Don't Do Anything

    This Common Ground article includes short-term and long-term strategies to help your organization deal with a board member who is not contributing to the well-being of the board and the organization (also available in Spanish).

    Additionally, you may wish to review:

  • Squeamish Nonprofit Boards: How to Move Them to the Big Policy Questions

    How can nonprofit boards unite their diverse personal views on complex policy issues and arrive at strong organizational positions?

  • Fiscal Oversight, Risk and the Nonprofit Board

    One of the most important responsibilities of a nonprofit board is fiscal oversight. Yet many board members remain unclear about what exactly that means. Nonprofit Risk Management Center's webinar, Fiscal Oversight, Risk and the Nonprofit Board, explores the board’s role in providing fiscal oversight and risk oversight. Learn how to inspire your board to strengthen its governance practices.

  • Be a Successful Board Chair

    There are board chairs and there are great board chairs. Being a conscientious board member is in itself a challenging, time-consuming job. But becoming the chair of the board means a lot more responsibility (also available in Spanish).

     

  • Are You a Good Board Member?

    Some do's and don'ts for leading through effective board governance (also available in Spanish).

  • The Why, Who, What and How of an Audit Committee

    An audit committee is considered a best practice for nonprofits. It helps the governing board perform its fiduciary and financial oversight roles, reduce risk, and maintain donor confidence.

    © North Carolina Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Inc. From Common Ground, a publication of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, www.ncnonprofits.org.

     

    Additional resource:

  • Twelve Golden Rules of Nonprofit Finance

    Healthy nonprofit organizations employ financial management practices that build stability and flexibility both today and in the future. In Nonprofit Finance: 12 Golden Rules, Propel Nonprofits sets out the twelve golden rules for nonprofit finance, including budgeting, diverse funding sources, and interdependence.

  • When Funds Go Missing, What Can You Do? What Must You Do?

    What should a board do once it suspects or has discovered evidence of embezzlement? Clifford Perlman details the responsibilities of the board when funds go missing. (Nonprofit Quarterly)

    When Funds Go Missing, What Can You Do? What Must You Do?

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