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Consent Agendas
Consent agendas are one way of liberating the allotted meeting time to important issues requiring careful discussion.
Compensating Nonprofit Directors – Trend or Taboo?
This article addresses high-level legal concerns facing public charities and private foundations as they consider whether and how to compensate their directors.
Code of Ethics for Nonprofit and Philanthropic Organizations
Statement of values and code of ethics for nonprofit and philanthropic organization from Independent Sector.
Checklist for the Most Important Provisions of Your Bylaws
This document will help you to fine-tune your bylaws, making sure to include each of these elements as detailed.
Using Executive Transition Management to Strengthen Organizational Capacity
This report highlights the challenges associated with executive transitions and describes a model of executive management transition.
Board-Staff Interaction: What's Acceptable, What's Not?
A compilation of FAQs to help explain the intricacies (and the benefits) of the board–staff partnership.
Board/Staff Relations Evaluation
A sample evaluation to measure the board's relationship with staff.
Board Passages: Three Stages in a Nonprofit Board's Lifecycle
This resource provides brief descriptions of the three nonprofit board types, presented as food for thought only.
Board Manual Contents
As an essential companion to orientation and education, every organization should have a thorough, easy-to-use manual that board members can use throughout their terms.
Example Executive Director Emergency Backup Plan
Use this sample emergency backup succession plan as a guide to appointing an acting executive director.
Executive Director Evaluation Survey Form
Sample performance evaluation for review of executive leaders.
Executive Transition Series by The Annie E. Casey Foundation
This series of articles on executive transition management is funded in part by the Casey Foundation and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund.
Build a Fundraising Committee To Succeed
Tips for organizing a team of volunteers that not only raise funds, but also raise resources for your mission.
Board and Staff Responsibilities Chart
The following chart is meant to help guide nonprofit board and staff as they determine who’s involved in various activities of governing and managing the organization. You may adapt to fit your organization's needs.
Board and Staff Ask: When Is It Micromanaging?
When are board members governing, and when are they micromanaging? If only there were a scientific measure to tell us! Instead, some guidelines may help.