Selfish Giving

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Instead of waiting in line behind your competitors, you'll be first to develop a deep and long-term relationship. Someone could write a book on how to get your board on board with partnerships. Remember, David Giagrando and I did a Cause Docs episode with board ninjas Nanette Fridman and Melissa Gladstone. Please, Joe.

Public and Social Policy 147

Public and Social Policy Public and Nonprofit Management Insurance Food 147

Bloomerang

MARCH 22, 2024

Today’s question comes from a nonprofit employee who wants advice on whether they should hire a development consultant: Dear Charity Clairity, I’m a one-person development shop, wondering if I should hire a consultant to help with some of the work that’s not getting done. To impress your boss, board, or other staff.

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MNA Association

APRIL 9, 2024

These focus groups participants may include Montana nonprofit leaders, volunteers, and board members. The purpose of the group will be to inform best practices, barriers, and opportunities in maintaining inclusive and diverse boards. MNA is seeking applications for focus group participants. The group will be facilitated by Christal M.

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Candid

MARCH 5, 2024

So, how can a new nonprofit develop a pool of prospective donors when they’re still building their visibility and reputation? Second, develop a realistic fundraising plan. Bring on the board Your other early-stage prospective donors are your board members.

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Successful Nonprofits

JANUARY 4, 2024

In my work with nonprofit leaders, we almost always discuss issues they experience with the board at some point. This is true not just when I’m doing a board recruitment, board development, or annual retreat project.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

OCTOBER 2, 2023

As the ultimate decision-making body for nonprofit organizations, boards of directors are responsible for guiding a nonprofit’s vision and strategy and for overseeing its financial accountability. Finding the right board members is critical to every nonprofit organization’s success. Do you have a board diversity matrix?

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Donorbox Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Whatever the reason, nonprofit advisory boards might be just what your organization needs to bring in fresh ideas, develop creative solutions, and raise funds. […] The post Nonprofit Advisory Boards: Their Roles & Responsibilities appeared first on Nonprofit Blog.

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Marketing for the Modern Nonprofit

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Few things are more critical to your nonprofit’s health, success, and sustainability than an effective board of directors. But building and keeping an engaged board is a challenge that many nonprofits face, large and small. She is still my #2 most downloaded podcast episode – What The Best Fundraisers Do Differently !

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Nonprofit Management Health Leadership Management 62

MNA Association

APRIL 18, 2024

In the case where a 501(c)(3) nonprofit is all volunteer based, the board chair/president should complete the survey. If you’re not a 501 (c)(3) CEO/ED (designee) or board chair/president, we would appreciate it if you could forward this message to the leaders of those organizations. How long will it take? Is my information private?

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NonProfit Leadership Center

JULY 31, 2023

Among the solutions — increased organizational capacity building and professional development , specifically strategic planning, development and skills training. Among the solutions — increased organizational capacity building and professional development , specifically strategic planning, development and skills training.

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Stanford Social Innovation Review

APRIL 8, 2024

But when the (often white) leaders had funder relationships that could allow them to write their own checks, governing boards didn’t ask too many questions. How should governing boards move beyond performative change? Governing boards must construct an onboarding plan in partnership with the incoming BIPOC leader.

Nonprofit governance and management 106

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Leadership Non-Profits 106

Bloomerang

OCTOBER 25, 2023

CEOs get the board they deserve! I was mid-sentence when Steve begged my pardon and said, “That’s not my board of directors, Laurence. My board is made up of light-lifters, not heavy-lifters.” You need heavy lifters on your board.” The most frequent question I’m asked is what to do about stagnant boards.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

Traditionally, nonprofit governance has been perceived through a hierarchical lens, with board members primarily overseeing and guiding the organization’s direction while staff execute the operational tasks. My experience with Candid reinforced the notion that the best work gets done when the board and staff collaborate closely.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Every nonprofit has a Board of Directors. Yet most people don’t understand exactly what the Board’s job is. You see, it means that hundreds of people are sitting on nonprofit Boards and have NO IDEA what they said “yes” to. People are going to be frustrated and unhappy, and ultimately Board members will resign.

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Nonprofit governance and management Recruitment Public and Social Policy Governance 116

Candid

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The absence of trust Black women and gender-expansive leaders report that their decisions are often challenged and undermined by board members. Unfair expectations: These nonprofit leaders also encounter unrealistic expectations—to fix organizations struggling with financial difficulties, internal chaos, or boards in disarray.

Leadership 98

Leadership Recruitment Foundations Health 98

Amy Eisenstein

JULY 20, 2023

We have a HOA, board that never responds to emails or enforces the community bylaws. One board member constantly battles the members to do something about issues and believes they don’t enforce the rules because some board members break those rules. Can they actually get rid a member using false accusations?

Nonprofits 98

Nonprofits 98

Stanford Social Innovation Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A letter from the organization’s board chair acknowledging that the board was fully committed to building an operating reserve fund. We requested this knowing that operating reserve initiatives worked best when they were championed and governed by the board. A plan showing the group intended to raise at least 12.5

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Bloomerang

MAY 16, 2023

Nonprofit organizations rely heavily on the support of their board members to achieve their missions. While many board members give freely and openly of their time and talents, getting board members to engage in fundraising can be challenging. One way to do this is to incorporate training into board meetings.

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Nonprofit Fixer

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The staff, the board of directors, the funders and donors, the people you serve, and the media that scrutinizes your subject and work. When an executive director leaves either voluntarily or involuntarily, the board is faced with this moment of vulnerability. The board leadership talks to them and invites proposals.

Leadership 111

Leadership Public and Nonprofit Management Insurance Management 111

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Now, as board chair of the Boston-based Hyams Foundation , I find myself on the funder side, which means it’s my job to help the foundation move from critique to action. Of course, this is a foundation-wide effort, one in which both our board and staff have been engaged. Importantly, Hyams also began to diversify its board and staff.

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Foundations Nonprofit Administration and Development Philanthropy Leadership 115

Clairification

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When organizations aren’t raising as much money as they need, they’ll often tell me: “ We need to recruit new board members. So, if you’re about to embark on some board recruitment, I strongly encourage you to do a little soul searching first so you can embark on your quest strategically. Why Do You Need Board Members?

Recruitment 68

Recruitment Nonprofits Governance Foundations 68

NonProfit PRO

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Your nonprofit board is a group dedicated to helping you succeed. Matt Sharp, about his time as COO with RunningWorks: “During a time of uncertainty for the organization’s future, Turnkey’s Anne Marie Forbes worked with our board to bring us together in thought and action. Sometimes though, you feel terribly alone. There is help.

Leadership 87

Leadership Nonprofits 87

Stanford Social Innovation Review

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From 2019 to 2021 corporate boards increased their diversity by 50 percent , just as many social sector boards have responded to societal wakeup calls by recruiting more members who can represent the communities they serve. Agree on the Big Why There is no shortage of strategies for creating successful board meetings.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

But before receiving funds, you need to show you’re legally registered, governed by a board, and have solid financial management policies. For example, we tapped resources from all parts of Candid—from facilities to product managers—to collect and develop necessary materials and documentation. At Candid, we can relate.

Culture 106

Culture Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Collaborations 106

Blue Avocado

MARCH 5, 2024

It is a stage of development in the nonprofit life cycle. Staff Churn In many nonprofits I have worked with, steady attrition or a sudden spike in turnover often signals to board members that something is wrong. As the organization matures, both will become more complicated, and you need to ensure the board is up to these tasks.

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Children Nonprofits Finance Leadership 84

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

JANUARY 2, 2024

Members must: Have already received their 501(c)3 designation Have a board with at least three (3) members, including a Board Chair and Board Secretary, per state law Be in good standing with the state of Tennessee and the Internal Revenue Service TNN membership is open to nonprofit organizations of varied missions, backgrounds, sizes and services.

Public and Social Policy 88

Public and Social Policy Law Universities Nonprofits 88

NonProfit PRO

JANUARY 10, 2023

Boards can be well-represented as an entity in the form of a totem pole, like those derived from Northwest Indigenous people. Boards might even improve their understanding of and effectiveness as a body by developing their own board totem pole process.

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NonProfit Leadership Center

MAY 18, 2023

Today, the Nonprofit Leadership Center’s (NLC) board of directors announced that Charles (Charlie) D. The board is excited that an internal candidate rose to the top after such a thorough and competitive process. Charlie’s passion for NLC is infectious and got the board even more excited about NLC’s future under his leadership.

Nonprofit Leadership 105

Nonprofit Leadership Leadership Universities Nonprofits 105

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Getting to Know Mark Jordan, Our Board Chair Mark Jordan joined the Momentum Nonprofit Partners Board of Directors five years ago, and he has been an active and engaged board member ever since. This of course makes a good fit in the development area of the nonprofit world. Learn more about Mark below.

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Law Environmental Finance Nonprofits 103

NonProfit Leadership Center

MARCH 6, 2023

Here at the Nonprofit Leadership Center, we believe spring is the perfect time to make plans for your personal and professional development. Join Dr. John Loblack to determine your current mindset and develop your growth mindset. Writer Leo Tolstoy once said that “spring is the time of plans and projects.” REGISTER NEW!

Nonprofit governance and management 116

Nonprofit governance and management Culture Leadership Nonprofits 116

Momentum Nonprofit Partners

MARCH 3, 2023

This year’s theme, “ All In ”, will examine how the recovery and success of the nonprofit sector is driven by the collective and effective work of the staff, board, stakeholders, clients, community, government, and corporate sector. All while maintaining dignity and integrity at the forefront.

Public and Social Policy 108

Public and Social Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public Policy Ethics 108

MNA Association

JANUARY 22, 2024

The Public Policy Director continually develops and works in partnership with MNA’s Public Policy Advisory Council, which advises the organization on public policy issues and the biennial development of the Public Policy Agenda.

Public Policy 94

Public Policy Nonprofit Administration and Development Public and Nonprofit Management Nonprofit governance and management 94

MNA Association

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Representing the richness and diversity of Montana’s charitable sector, MNA members address an array of missions in education, health and human services, arts and culture, religious and spiritual development, environmental protection, animal welfare, economic and workforce development, and more.

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Nonprofit Administration and Development Nonprofit governance and management Public and Nonprofit Management Public Policy 76

Bloomerang

JANUARY 16, 2024

Memorize board members, top partners, and primary contacts Being able to reference key individuals by their first names fosters a sense of camaraderie within the development team. Take the time to memorize the names of board members, top partners, and primary contacts at partner institutions.

Fundraising 104

Fundraising Fundraising Finance Collaborations 104

NonProfit Quarterly

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

How do solidarity economy businesses develop viable and sustainable business models? What can public policy do to support solidarity economy development? This webinar explores: What do we mean by a solidarity economy? How do you build a community-owned solidarity economy at the local and regional levels?

Public and Social Policy 113

Public and Social Policy Public Policy Culture Collaborations 113

Blue Avocado

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In my four decades as a senior fundraising executive, part-time consultant, and nonprofit CEO, I have worked with (or served on) 20 nonprofit boards. In the process, I was exposed to a number of organizations whose boards struggled with a variety of issues. Reality 1: Most boards live by the rule of thirds.

Nonprofit governance and management 96

Nonprofit governance and management Governance Leadership Nonprofits 96

NonProfit PRO

JULY 26, 2023

In this episode of The NonProfit Voice Tech Series, Abigayle Tobia, vice president of philanthropy at Verland, and Erik Tomalis, chief evangelist and director of business development at Virtuous, join Mark Becker, editorial advisory board member for NonProfit PRO, to discuss how marketing automation can simplify tasks.

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