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A Nonprofit Partnership: How One Board Member Connected Two Organizations and Boosted Both

Blue Avocado

Board members are a vital resource for nonprofits: In addition to their responsibility for governance, they each bring unique perspectives and experiences to enrich the growth of nonprofit organizations and partnerships. Scholars get a dedicated educational advisor to guide them through their college experience.

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How Nonprofits Can Leverage Their Financial Relationships to Advance Justice

NonProfit Quarterly

Or think about a housing nonprofit realizing that its primary bank engages in predatory lending practices that push families into homelessness. In an era of constrained funding and growing inequity, nonprofits increasingly recognize financial systems role in perpetuating or alleviating social injustices. And why should they?

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Nonprofit Legal Compliance in an Unfriendly Political Environment

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Getty Images on Unsplash Broad segments of the nonprofit sector are concerned about the new presidential administration and the threats it poses to nonprofit organizations. A charity or nonprofits plans can be shut down for a failure to properly register. See, for example, The Project Grant Rule Hub.

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When Nonprofit Boards Meddle: The Dangers Of Micromanagement

Bloomerang

When board members blur the lines between governance and management, they inadvertently sabotage the organization. The nonprofit sector is already a high-pressure environment, and when boards meddle in daily operations, it creates chaos, demoralizes leadership, erodes culture, and derails mission-critical activities.

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Education Transformation Against All Odds

Stanford Social Innovation Review

In particular, a devastating economic and institutional meltdown that began in 2019 has taken a huge toll on schools and on education in the country. Three years into this effort, more than 50 schools have joined the movement, all aligned around a commitment to living the values of active citizenship, social justice, and good governance.

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Getting nonprofit boards on board: Recruiting, governance, and fundraising

Candid

At Candid, we get a lot of questions about nonprofit boardsfrom how to recruit members, to what their obligations are, to how executives can best work with them to advance their organizations missions and growth. Heres a curated collection of articles and resources covering a wide range of topics on nonprofit boards.

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How Funders Can Strategically Invest in the Growth and Impact of BIPOC Nonprofits

NonProfit Quarterly

Yet, they can play a critical role in strengthening community-based organizations by making strategic investments in nonprofits to build the necessary organizational infrastructure, resilience, and power to drive change. Funders, meanwhile, tend to support programming but not organizational infrastructure building.