Cough up! Should there be a required contribution for boards?

12 February, 2010

How do you make sure that all board members of a board know what to give? A few years ago a new practice was very much in vogue for board giving: there should be a minimum amount required of all board members for annual donations. Great solution? The suggested donation strategy seems like a safe one, and so simple, too: every board member would know what was expected of them, financially, and the organization could plan in advance for what was coming. People who were thinking of joining the board could be told right off what the standards for giving were. It sounded good. It sounded simple. But it hasn't really worked. Read More

TOPICS: development | board giving | suggested donation | required contribution

Resource

Board Source

Board Source is a very comprehensive resource for nonprofit boards, with books, a newsletter, and a deep site. It's even better if you're willing to pay for membership, which will allow you to access everything, but there is still a bounty of information here on boards and governance even without a membership. It's a little uninspired in look and feel (not much of a sense of humor here, and could we please not use those stock corporate photos on websites?) but I use it often. A lot of excellent reference material, but nothing very controversial. Still, one of the best sources for information on nonprofit boards.

TOPICS: board resources | governance | nonprofit resources | publication | newsletter
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Alexandra Peters

Alexandra Peters
is a writer, board consultant and educator. For the past thirty years, she has been dedicated to building the transformative power of not for profit organizations.

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