This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The BoardSource Recommended Governance Practices reflect BoardSource’s decades of experience working with tens of thousands of nonprofit board leaders and conducting extensive research on board practices. They highlight essential, leading,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The pandemic is leaving an impact on all of us, in every facet of our lives. For some people, the impact has been harsher, as a result of their economic…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Surveys, datasets, and published research often lump together racial and ethnic groups, which can erase the experiences of certain communities. Combining groups with different experiences can mask how specific groups…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When women receive airtime, the coverage is lower in technical quality and production value when compared with coverage of men’s sports, the study finds. Even when social and digital media are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During a presidential election debate on Oct. 22, 2020, former President Donald Trump railed against Democratic proposals to retrofit homes. “They want to take buildings down because they want to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When schools shuttered suddenly more than a year ago, teachers and staff scrambled to recreate their school communities as best they could in a virtual environment. And while teaching and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nonprofit leaders play a critical role in tackling the opportunity gap. The events of the past year highlighted the acute need to provide resources to support the private sector in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. It’s been well documented that rural America represents 97% of the land in the United States; 19% of the people, and some of the fastest (and slowest) growing places in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Some time ago, we endeavored to bake a large and fantastic pie. The likes of which the world had never seen. It was an incredible undertaking requiring world-class baking experts and a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In late December 2020, amidst a tumultuous US presidential transition and raging COVID-19 pandemic, the US House and Senate passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, an annual constitutional obligation that funds the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Foundations say they are eliminating restrictions on existing grants, exceeding payout requirements, listening to their grantees on what they need to weather current challenges, and thinking about increasing support for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the pandemic hit last March and sent food supply chains into a tailspin, many American farmers found themselves peering into a chasm of unknowns. Who would buy microgreens intended…