By Kevin Ralph – Senior Vice President The Angeletti Group has had the privilege of working with numerous healthcare system foundations, and one of the most critical assets for driving philanthropic support is board and volunteer leadership. When board members are properly engaged and supported, they can become invaluable champions of your mission. The key
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By Cynthia Albert Link and Michelle Hurley An effective nonprofit board is pivotal to the success and sustainability of your organization. The ideal structure of your board with explicitly defined roles and responsibilities for its members can set up your nonprofit organization to successfully achieve its mission. Here’s a guide to help you establish the optimal structure
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By Suzanne Albin Strategic planning is essential for any organization aiming for long-term success. Often driven by staff, the process can be mundane and uninspiring for Board members. Transforming a disengaged Board into an enthusiastic, committed team and partner requires a structured approach. Here’s how to energize your Board for a meaningful and impactful strategic
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By Cynthia Albert Link Creating an effective board for your nonprofit organization is essential to its success. A well-rounded board can provide the expertise, experience, and support necessary to achieve your mission. Utilize this guide to help you build the optimal board by focusing on key goals and evaluating your current board’s composition. What Qualities
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"Making the ask" is at the heart of good fundraising techniques. Simply put, the most common reason why people give is because they were asked.
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As summer approaches and volunteers start to enter “vacation mode,” it’s easy for your organization’s board expectations to fall by the wayside. Beyond their fiscal and governance responsibility, the crux of nonprofit board members’ responsibilities rest in the ability to move the philanthropic needle. Sure, not every board member fancies himself or herself a fundraiser.
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Regardless of where a Board of Trustees is in its “life cycle” (for instance, a start-up board looks very different from a mature, 20-year+ Board with multiple programs and facets), functional committees become a key ingredient of the ongoing capacity building efforts of the organization. Indeed, as board authority BoardSource notes in Governance as Leadership,
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It is well-known that a board's role for both non-profit and for-profit organizations includes fiduciary and legal oversight. It is equally true that fundraising has never been a more crucial board responsibility than it is today.
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We all know that a board's role includes fiduciary and legal oversight. And that can be said of the boards of both non-profit and for-profit organizations. But there are major differences.
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