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23 Leaders Selected for 2024 Advancing Racial Equity on Nonprofit Boards Fellowship

NonProfit Leadership Center

This transformational 10-week program strengthens the board governance knowledge and skills of professionals of color while equipping nonprofit organizations to be genuinely ready to welcome these new members onto their boards. Fellows report a 40% increase in their knowledge and skills after completing the program. .”

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Capacity Building as a Tool for Transformation

NonProfit Quarterly

Increasingly, we’re calling ourselves coaches—and not consultants—because we know that organizational development that fails to center people does not achieve durable impact. In our soon-to-be released strategic plan, we champion community-based organizations and advocate for them in philanthropy.

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The Pacific Institute Names CEO and CMO to Unleash Growth Next 50 Years Pam Moore and Mark Panciera

Pam Moore

It has worked with over half of the current Fortune 1000 companies, as well as governments, professional athletes and sports teams, and many other organizations. Founded in 1971 by Lou and Diane Tice in Seattle, Washington, TPI has served clients in over 60 countries and 23 languages.

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Better Climate Funding Means Centering Local and Indigenous Communities

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Twenty-five percent of the entire Amazon Basin is on legally recognized Indigenous Territories, which are generally better protected than even government parks and reserves. Even less support has reached rightsholder women , despite the essential role of women in forest management and their exclusion from many governance structures.

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Five Lessons for Creating an Effective (and Accountable) Nonprofit Board

Blue Avocado

But the reality is that these people won’t necessarily be effective in a governance role. Our general counsel conducted several governance workshops, 4 and the board became well-versed in their roles as well as our bylaws, revising them as needed. Here’s a unique model of nonprofit board governance based in consensus. ︎

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2022 Nonprofit Leadership Conference Breakout Speakers & Sessions

NonProfit Leadership Center

As an award-winning leader, her P.R.A.I.S.E. Culture and P.R.A.I.S.E. Strategy frameworks align culture with strategy to achieve measurable results.

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Leading to Local

Stanford Social Innovation Review

They might take the shape of a declared commitment to building capabilities of funded partners, a statement of the intent to partner and support locally led organizations, or simply a set of beliefs that govern ways of collaborating. Ultimately partnerships are human relationships, and entities need to expect missteps.