This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Providing quality schooling for the 75 million children worldwide impacted by conflict, natural disasters, or epidemics each year remains a challenge for the humanitarian community, with education advocates estimating that…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Governance matters across sectors, of course. But within the nonprofit sector, foundation governance is especially crucial. After all, foundations have a significant impact on nonprofits, fields, and communities. But, unlike…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Engaging boards authentically and productively in the development and oversight of philanthropic strategy remains one of the more challenging dimensions of leading a foundation. Board members and chief executives agree…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits and social enterprises generally lack extra funds to help out if things go wrong. Unlike traditional businesses, it’s hard to develop a rain day fund when donors (or investors)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Bridgespan’s organizational surveys of nonprofits, succession planning rises to the top as both an acute need and persistent gap. That’s because too few nonprofits have a system for grooming…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofits have long been challenged by unmet expectations in board member engagement and performance. The latest research from BoardSource reinforces the prevalence of this issue. Leading With Intent: 2017 National Index…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While the Fortress of Solitude is a fictional place used by Superman, the notion of capturing a family legacy in an easily-transmittable form that can be shared from generation to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are currently in the second-longest running bull market on record, and several market forces are already conspiring to fulfill the prophecy that bull markets typically die in euphoria, or…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a time when only 61.3 percent of Americans are white, about 84 percent of nonprofit board members are in that demographic group, along with 90 percent of nonprofit board chairs. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The nonprofit sector has a board diversity problem. A recent BoardSource report showed that nonprofit boards are no more racially and ethnically diverse than they were two decades ago and that…
Read the full article by BoardSource in the attached PDF ______________________________________________________________ Boards are not — and should not — be static. To be effective, they must change and evolve as…
This is an excerpt from the full article by BoardSource attached above While all effective board members understand and meet their basic responsibilities, truly exceptional board members do more. They go…