By Linda Crompton, president and CEO

As you may know, last year a Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations was formed (at the request of U.S. Senate Finance Committee member Charles Grassley) to address some of the most challenging tax and policy issues involving...

by Andy Davis, director of training

As you may or may not be aware, BoardSource recently launched a new online training program for nonprofit board members leading to The Certificate of Nonprofit Board Education. This six-part webinar series is designed to more or less match in both scope and...

By David Styers, director of member education and engagement; senior governance consultant

By Outi Flynn, Director of Knowledge Resources

Let’s say you have hired a governance consultant to help your board get more engaged. Assuming she’s worth her salt, she requests to see meeting minutes from the last year or two to help her get the lay of the land. Wouldn’t it be nice to hand her your...

By Linda Crompton, CEO

Recently, someone asked me, “What is the Number 1 question you get asked at BoardSource?” That was easy to answer: “What is the ideal number of board members we should have for an effective board?”

I am always a little bit depressed by this question, suggesting as it does a...

By Deborah Davidson, vice president of governance research and education

Like you, all of us BoardSource were fascinated as we watched the Susan G. Komen for the Cure controversy play out last week. On Friday, just minutes after my colleague, Rita Santelli, shared her thoughts on the board’s role...

By Rita Santelli, vice president of marketing and communications

If your organization is anything like BoardSource, the news stories about Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Planned Parenthood have been a major topic of conversation the past few days. Throughout our hallways, women – as well as men –...

By Deborah Davidson, BoardSource vice president of governance, education, and research

Back in the ‘70s, a wonderful Wicked Witch named Evillene rocked Broadway in a soul version of The Wizard of Oz called The Wiz. Her signature song was "Don't Nobody Give Me No Bad News." It's an understandable...

In 2009, in response to the challenging landscape in which nonprofits found themselves following the financial crisis, BoardSource introduced the concept of "Transformative Governance." I wrote a long article for Board Member, BoardSource’s member periodical, in which I explained that if boards are...

I attended the White House Forum on Nonprofit Leadership last week. It was gratifying to join 200 nonprofit leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities of better preparing, training, and sustaining the next wave of nonprofit leaders.

After a welcome and framing remarks by Jonathan...