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Bringing Organizational Cultures Together for Social Impact

Stanford Social Innovation Review

By Tirza Gapp & Jennifer Howard-Grenville When different organizational cultures—the proverbial “how we do things”—come together, tensions frequently arise. Working effectively with and across cultures is even more challenging when organizations come together to tackle social and environmental challenges.

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From Passive to Proactive: Strategies to Move Nonprofit Board Members Beyond Meetings and Into Action

Blue Avocado

To truly support an organization’s mission, board members must shift from passive participants to proactive leaders — championing fundraising, strategic planning, and governance. Design a Strong Onboarding Process: Provide a structured orientation that includes fundraising training, governance responsibilities, and mission alignment.

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Getting nonprofit boards on board: Recruiting, governance, and fundraising

Candid

He outlines questions nonprofit boards should ask to successfully recruit and retain members of color: how board diversity will affect the organizations work, whether theyre expanding their network of potential board candidates, and whether theyre building an inclusive and welcoming board culture. New Years resolutions for board members.

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When Nonprofit Boards Meddle: The Dangers Of Micromanagement

Bloomerang

When board members blur the lines between governance and management, they inadvertently sabotage the organization. The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities.

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How the Facing Race Conference Is Meeting the Political Moment: A Conversation with Leslie Grant-Spann

NonProfit Quarterly

The evolution includes not only thinking about policy as a way to move the needle on racial justice here in the US but also looking at how people are contributing to racial justice movement making through art, culture, narrative development, communications, cultural organizing, innovation, and technology. What will it take?

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Strong boards make strong nonprofits: What you need to know

Candid

A nonprofit is more like a public company than a private enterprise in that it’s governed by a board of directors as well as its executive team. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions: What’s the difference between an advisory board and a governing board?

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How Are You Thanking Your Donors?

NonProfit PRO

A Culture Shift All of this — every touch point, every thank you, every moment of impact — flows from one thing: A culture of philanthropy. Gratitude without reporting feels empty. And reporting without gratitude feels cold. When you do both, you create a complete donor experience. setForceSafeFrame(true).addService(googletag.pubads()).setCollapseEmptyDiv(true).setTargeting("ic",