New ideas for building stronger, more engaged boards of directors and other governing bodies (more)
Along with clear tax benefits, starting a nonprofit means forms to file, rules to follow, and records to keep. How do you obtain public charity status? What are the pros and cons? Are there other options? In this audio lecture, corporate tax attorney Cherie Evans provides a step-by-step guide on the legal aspects of setting up and running a charitable organization to her 2007 Nonprofit Boot Camp audience.
How failing to speak up leads nonprofit boards to persist with mislaid plans.
Accountability proposals should focus more on ways to help nonprofits deal with actual ethical crises.
Eight reforms to make nonprofits more accountable and effective.
How nonprofit board size and independence relate to board performance.
Would designated "governors" solve problems with board oversight?
The disconnect between theory and reality in nonprofit boards, and how to fix it.
Are your meetings all they can be?
Nonprofits with broad missions need less centralized boards.
Like many nonprofits, the Oakland Symphony failed to understand the distinction between mission and strategy.
