Human Resources

Sample bylaws for a nonprofit with membership.

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

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)

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. 

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)

These sample job descriptions for board officers from Community Change include the goals, duties and responsibilities, and qualifications for board president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. Nonprofits can adapt the descriptions for their own board members.

A Sabbatical Leave Policy (editable Word doc from Workable) describes the requirements and procedures for offering paid sabbatical leave to your employees. This type of leave is separate from vacation, PTO and sick leave, and applies only to long-term employees.

Practice Note

Sample Emergency Succession Plan by Tim Wolfred gives a model plan with emphasis on "identifying the key leadership functions carried by the executive, identifying the agency managers best qualified to step into the executive role in an emergency, and prescribing the cross-training necessary to prepare the back-up managers to cover the leadership functions." (CompassPoint Nonprofit Services,