BoardSource is thrilled to announce the winner of our 2019 Stand for Your Mission Award: Children’s Advocacy Centers of Tennessee. It will receive $5,000 to support its advocacy work. Below is a short Q&A with the organization’s board chair, Joyce Prusak, on some of the thinking that went into the...
moreTopics: The Board’s Role in Advocacy, Advocacy, Stand for Your Mission
Topics: The Board’s Role in Advocacy, Advocacy
BoardSource created the Stand for Your Mission Awards to recognize nonprofit boards that have established advocacy as an expectation for engaged and effective board leadership, and, by doing so, are helping their organizations realize their missions.
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Today marks the ninth release of BoardSource’s biennial study, Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices. Formerly known as the Nonprofit Governance Index, Leading with Intent takes an in-depth look at the current practices and trends of nonprofit boards. The 2017 report...
moreTopics: Roles and Responsibilities, Board Best Practices, Board Diversity & Inclusivity, The Board’s Role in Advocacy, Leading with Intent, Advocacy, Assessment
I live in a community where we know each other by name, use Twitter to help each other's locate lost pets, and shovel each other’s sidewalks after storms. I feel blessed to have such a close-knit environment while still living in a large, often impersonal city like DC. I am passionate about my...
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By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO
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By Anne Wallestad, president & CEO, BoardSource
moreBy Anne Wallestad, BoardSource president & CEO
moreTopics: Perspectives on Board Service, Board Best Practices, The Board’s Role in Advocacy, New Trends & Resources
By Pat Libby, director, Institute for Nonprofit Education and Research, University of San Diego; BLF 2013 speaker
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By Jennifer Deng, strategic development and partnerships director
A few weeks ago, my colleague, Kate von Richthofen, asked if your board is having the crucial conversation about sequestration and its impact on your nonprofit. This month, I ask you to think about the responsibility of your board...
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