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Risk Management: Your Role as a Board Member

Smart nonprofits know that success demands risk-taking, and they create an organizational culture that regularly assesses risk, favors intelligent risks, and mitigates the impact of known risks.

Sample Personnel Policies and Employee Handbooks

Sample personnel policies that you may adjust to suite your organization.

Sample Development Director Job Description

Some samples and ideas for writing the job description for your Development Director position.

Nonprofit Job Description Toolkit

Template job descriptions for the most common jobs at nonprofit organizations.

Endowment and Investment Policies

Explanation of endowment and investment policies.

Planned Giving: A Toolkit for Nonprofits

The importance of planned giving and questions you should ask to assess your organization's readiness.

Introducción a la redacción de la propuesta (Introduction to Proposal Writing)

Introduction to Proposal Writing -- Spanish language resources

Principios de la planificación para la procuración de fondos (Introduction to Fundraising Planning)

Introduction to Fundraising Planning -- Spanish language resources.

New Board Member Orientation

Board Effect outlines a few key practices that ensure your new board member orientation is a successful process.

Sample Board Nominations and Elections Process

Use this template to create a board nomination and election process for your organization.

Sample Executive Director Succession Policy

It's a best practice and a core board responsibility to create an executive director succession policy.

Sample Severance Pay Policy

Thanks to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), you can adapt this sample severance pay policy.

Sample Emergency Succession Plan

Adapt this sample succession policy to get a head start.

Six Ways to Tell It's Time to Leave

Nonprofit executive directors often wonder if it's the right time to leave. Maybe the demands of the job seem ever more burdensome, or the board seems increasingly dissatisfied, or the ticking of the retirement clock is getting louder.

Successful Successions: Executive Transitions that Worked

Succession from one generation of leadership to the next is a period of opportunity and risk.