Outside Resource

Although it is unfortunate, sometimes volunteers are not a good match, or are even potentially disruptive, for our nonprofit. In such cases, there are several considerations and tasks to align before taking the next step to dismiss a volunteer.

The software company, Boardable, offers many free ebooks and webinars on board governance, recruitment, and engagement. Their selection of titles includes:

Board Recruitment

"Does Your Board Need To Be More Diverse? Here's How To Do It." provides guidance for when and how nonprofits can create a board with demographically diverse backgrounds that achieves inclusivity and equity among board members.

Seeing is Believing: A Guide to Visual Storytelling Best Practices provides tips on harnessing the power of images and other visual mediums to tell your nonprofit's story.

Nonprofit gift acceptance policies set forth the what, who, when, how, and where for receiving different types of gifts. Creating and maintaining gift acceptance policies is not only good governance but also allows your organization to think through and outline the advantages and disadvantages of different donor scenarios.

Conflict is more common than most people think. However, the sooner internal conflicts are addressed and resolved, the better it is for the organization. How to Handle Conflict Between a Board and an Executive Leader is provided by MissionBox to help avoid and/or resolve conflict between a Board and an Executive Leader

Gender Pronouns: How To's, Making Mistakes, and Taking an Active Role is provided by the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits to help create a more inclusive and equitable environment. This guide covers the following topics:

While acknowledging the constraints nonprofits experience when attempting to collect and communicate data about their programs and services, Expanding Audience and Impact: Nonprofits Communicating Data to External Audiences encourages nonprofits to share data (in a variety of formats such as narrative, chart, graphics) with audiences outside of their organization.

Planned giving programs can be a sustainable long-term component of your nonprofit's fundraising strategy. But with a confusing array of jargon – charitable gift annuities (CGAs), charitable remainder annuity trusts (CRATs), actuarial determination, and so on – knowing where to start is daunting. Below are resources explaining the types of planned giving programs, how to market planned giving, and sample appeal letters to get your organization on the path to fundraising for the long-term.

Start a Planned Giving Program

The Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF) is a national nonprofit with offices across the US which offers educational materials on nonprofit financial management. Their Fundamentals for Nonprofits offers a wealth of templates, workbooks, and self-assessment tools.