Nonprofit boards are an underutilized resource in the nonprofit sector. Too many boards are focused solely on compliance and financial oversight. And too many leaders direct boards to fundraising support and otherwise acting in mostly an advisory or ambassadorial capacity. More board members need to be better focused on championing and stewarding the nonprofit’s purpose, […]
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Purpose-Driven Board Leadership: Authorized Voice & Power in Philanthropy
BoardSource announced its release of Authorized Voice & Power in the Boardroom: Reimagining Governance to Fulfill Philanthropy’s Purpose, an incredible resource meeting the moment and embracing Purpose-Driven Board Leadership. The free-to-download publication is both a call to action and a guide for foundation boards. Centering community voice in board leadership isn’t just good practice—it’s essential to fulfilling philanthropy’s purpose. […]
BoardSource Facebook Live: Responding to COVID-19 Legal Issues
On Wednesday, April 1, at 9 am PDT / 12 pm EDT, I’ll be on Facebook Live with BoardSource CEO Anne Wallestad and host Andy Davis to discuss some of the main legal issues we’re hearing from the nonprofit sector during the COVID-19 crisis. We’ll be responding to questions from attendees, but I believe we […]
BoardSource Leadership Forum 2011
The theme of this year's BoardSource Leadership Forum is Governing Towards the Future. According to BoardSource, the Forum "is the only national conference focused on the impact of nonprofit boards and the unique role they play in advancing the public good. Every year, approximately 800 nonprofit board members, chief executives, and senior staff from around […]
Highlights of the BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index 2010
The BoardSource Nonprofit Governance Index 2010, released at the 2010 Leadership Forum in San Francisco, reports on data collected from surveys of 978 chief executives and 780 board members (all BoardSource members as of the survey date). While the sampling methodology did not allow for results that are representative of the sector as a whole (e.g., […]