What is risk? According to the Business Dictionary, risk is defined as: “A probability or threat of damage, injury, liability, loss, or any other negative occurrence that is caused by external or internal vulnerabilities, and that may be avoided through…
The National Council of Nonprofits deems the conflict of interest policy one of the most important policies that nonprofit organizations develop. It encourages nonprofit boards to put their conflict of interest policies in writing and to review the policies regularly.…
Nonprofit organizations play a vital role in improving the quality of life for people living in communities. Nonprofits provide many of the social services that fill the gaps that governments can’t or won’t provide. In those and other ways, nonprofit…
The Brown Act is essentially an Open Meetings Act that is specific to local governments and bodies in California. Other states have similar laws that pertain to state or local governmental bodies. The Brown Act supports one of the main…
Most states have open meetings acts that guarantee the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings where board directors of certain bodies make important decisions that directly affect people in the community. The Brown Act in California is a…
Nonprofit boards have needed tools to help manage their meetings for many decades. Up until the past decade or two, boards have needed to rely on manual tools to help them perform all of the necessary functions and activities. Boards…
If you’re like most people, you consider it an honor to be asked to join the board of directors for a nonprofit organization that you care deeply about. Every candidate who gets asked to serve on a nonprofit board of…
Behind every successful and prosperous 501(c)(3) is a healthy, vibrant and energized board. Board evaluations are a viable tool to help boards maintain their vitality. By taking what they learn from annual board evaluations and making a few changes, even…
Nonprofit boards spend the vast amount of their time checking up on employees, volunteers and other stakeholders. At least once a year, nonprofit boards should take the time to look at themselves — as individual directors and as a whole…
A lot of people are surprised by how much work goes into a nonprofit organization. It shouldn’t be surprising considering nonprofit organizations have a lot at stake. The organization’s cause is at stake, as well as the good that it…
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