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Grantmakers + Governance = Organizational Success!
The Annenberg Foundation funds what it considers to be a nonprofit’s most important asset — its leaders, both staff and board. Why? Because it sees a direct correlation between a nonprofit’s results...
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Don’t Just Sit on a Board: Stand for Your Mission
By Anne Wallestad, BoardSource president & CEO I am a true believer in the power of boards. I have seen strong and courageous boards pull organizations away from the brink, and I have seen weak and...
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Fiduciaries are Only Human
By Heather Myers, managing director – nonprofits, Russell Investments As a board member, one of your most important roles is to serve as a steward and fiduciary of your organization’s assets. We all...
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Look Out, Nonprofit Sector! Here I Come!
By Jana Murdock, assistant to the director, Kopper Top Life Learning Center, Liberty, NC Jana Murdock is one of 15 emerging nonprofit leaders who attended the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum in early...
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Passion is Not Enough!
By Chris Grundner, president and CEO, Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement Are you familiar with Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs? Abraham Maslow, a psychologist, introduced the concept in a 1943...
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Calling All AmeriCorps Alums
by Andy Davis, BoardSource director of training, AmeriCorps alum A year ago, AmeriCorps Alums and BoardSource began to discuss a potential partnership. I immediately thought it would be a great idea...
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B-Minus! Nonprofit Boards Can Do Better
By Bruce Lesley, BoardSource senior governance consultant In my community, the public schools dismissed their students for the summer last week, which means that some parents are spending this week...
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Are Nonprofit Boards Really Necessary?
By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO, BoardSource This past summer, I had an opportunity to attend a leadership intensive for nonprofit CEOs at Stanford University. For 10 days, 50 of my peers from...
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An Imperative for Nonprofit Boards: The Time is Now to Step Up Your Game
By Jean Case, CEO, Case Foundation Over the years, I’ve had the great privilege of serving on a wide range of boards — from early stage startup companies to large, established nonprofits — and have...
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Collecting Social Security Numbers from Donors
By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO A proposed change in IRS rules would require some nonprofits to collect their donors’ social security numbers. Because BoardSource believes this would have...
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