Resource Library

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.

A crash course to introduce your staff to cybersecurity through short videos.

Considerations for calculating what to expect in return for your investment in a technology (or other) project.

Identifies important nonprofit terms to help board members navigate their responsibilities.

Resources on what advisory board are, why they matter, and how to get them off the ground.

Sample request for proposal for property and liability risk management and insurance consulting services.

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.