Resource Library

As social entrepreneurs around the world create new organizations to solve emerging public problems, they do so drawing on a broad range of organizational forms, ranging from the traditional nonprofit form to the classic business corporate form.

Guide for designing and implementing a system to provide donors with timely and meaningful thank yous and acknowledgments.

All boards (even the most organized, responsible, and congenial ones) need to document their activities, internal rules, and processes. Some of the documentation is legally required; some is simply helpful to have. Some documents are public; some must be kept confidential. Some serve as guidelines for decisions; some are part of the record keeping. For a board that takes its fiduciary role seriously — and they all should — written rules and documentation of activities are simply part of ongoing, everyday risk management.

This document serves as a sample for constructing bylaws.

The "Nonprofit Human Resources Best Practices Toolkit" covers: performance management; recruitment, hiring, and retention; program staffing; ongoing professional development; and resolving problems.

A compilation of wage data from the National Compensation Survey to help determine the value of specialized skills when assessing salary levels for a position at your organization.

Nonprofit Dissolution: What to Do When Closing the Doors outlines the steps and tasks involved in dissolving a nonprofit with honor and integrity.

Dissolving a nonprofit organization can be a difficult and emotional process, but there are steps you can take to ensure that the process of winding down your nonprofit is as smooth as possible (National Council of Nonprofits).

Use this sample conflict of interests policy from the National Council of Nonprofits to create and adapt your organization's own policy.

A list of resources to help your organization with all aspects of strategic planning.

Step By Step: A Guide to Achieving Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace (TSNE MissionWorks) provides a seven-phase, step-by-step approach to achieving diversity and inclusiveness in the nonprofit workplace.

This Common Ground article, 9 Truths about Black Holes and Dark Risks, outlines nonprofits' dark risks - the controversial risks that cause many nonprofit leaders to look away - and strategies to shed light on them.

There’s a type of racism in the workplace many of us have personally witnessed, perpetrated, or experienced: tokenism. The Nonprofit Revolution explores 8 Ways People of Color are Tokenized in Nonprofits.

A commonly-used tool, the logic model graphically depicts your program, initiative, project, or even the sum total of all of your organization’s work.

The National Council of Nonprofits has compiled resources and tools for evaluation and measurement of outcomes to help your nonprofit better evaluate your work, measure outcomes and success, and communicate impact.