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An Experimental Approach to Early-Stage Nonprofit Governance

Stanford Social Innovation Review

Since its founding in 2011, Jump has experimented with a variety of governance approaches and identified a range of insights that can help other new nonprofits ethically and effectively pursue their missions. This includes the value of experimentation. Employees also have the Jump DNA.

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Maybe nonprofit governance aint what it needs to be?

Philanthropy 2173

Though its size is not based on endowed assets but rather speculative stock value, the organization, which is still as of this writing a nonprofit , is valued at $86 Billion. Second, the OpenAI events show that the nonprofit governance model is not "strong" enough to outweigh the interests of investors.

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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

Traditionally, nonprofit governance has been perceived through a hierarchical lens, with board members primarily overseeing and guiding the organization’s direction while staff execute the operational tasks. The nonprofit governance orthodoxy Nonprofit governance operates within a framework of three legal duties.

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Gather, Share, Build

Stanford Social Innovation Review

When Nexleaf started in 2009, its co-founders aspired to bring the value of consistent sensor data to low-resource health systems. A single AI collaborative could, for example, bring together relevant datasets, researchers, nonprofits, governments, and more to advance AI across a focused set of use cases in a particular field.

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

Candid

Strategies for strengthening nonprofit board governance A nonprofit governing board has a legal obligation to oversee management of the organization. The articles below explore how nonprofit boards can be most effective in this role: Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance.

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Addressing the Nonprofit Workforce Crisis: 4 Practical Strategies

NonProfit Leadership Center

Compensation-Related Strategies Regularly review compensation structures to ensure they are competitive within the nonprofit sector. In addition to salary, emphasize the value of benefits, such as health care, retirement plans, flexible work arrangements, and professional development opportunities.

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How the Wealthy Took Control of Nonprofits

NonProfit Quarterly

A more liberatory future is possible, one in which nonprofit leaders and boards work together more equitably, effectively, and impactfully by reimagining the role of boards in the broader nonprofit governance ecosystem. To get there, however, requires an understanding of how boards came to be.