Boards and Governance

Widely held mental models for good governance — stressing competition and a narrow focus on single institutions — simply don’t make sense in a philanthropic and nonprofit context. But what…

In the current linear — take-make-waste — economy, financial drives often come before social protection and participation. Too often this means that people find it hard to access work or…

Good governance should be celebrated. It represents a significant achievement, one to recognize and reward. The gratification of contributing to a productive board that enables an organization to advance its…

With our country’s growing awareness of its own deep and systemic inequities prompting long-overdue reflections about how institutions need to change, the social sector is asking important questions about who…

There’s a lovely expression that many of us in the Black community use when we want to repair strained relationships with each other; it’s an expression that always moves me…

Only a decade has passed since the end of the previous global financial crisis, from which U.S. working- and middle-class families had barely recovered despite a record run of economic…

The largest dam removal in United States history is set to take place along the Klamath River by 2023, but getting to this point was neither easy nor quick. Water…

For over two months, farmers in India have been on a largely peaceful protest over three laws the Indian Parliament passed in September 2020 to liberalize how and to whom…

On February 1st, Myanmar’s military launched a coup and seized control of the government, less than a decade after the nation began its transition to democracy. Myanmar’s elected leader Aung…

2020 was an unexpectedly challenging year. The pandemic changed the nature of work, and how we interact with our boards, staff and the nonprofits in our communities. We asked members…

Nonprofit leaders can sometimes have a difficult time working alongside their board. Part of this may come from a disconnect that the board has with the enterprise’s daily running. Many…

You may have noticed that weather forecasts on your cellphone are reasonably accurate for the next three to five days, but very iffy eight to 10 days out. This may…