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Did you know that 70% of nonprofits have faced at least one serious governance-related challenges in the past decade?
This statistic highlights that nonprofit boards do not plan properly in the beginning stages of the organization’s creation.
An essential companion to “Creating a Successful Nonprofit by Knowing the Numbers” book.
This workbook should be used to establish the organization’s policies and procedures and reviewed with new board members during orientation and routinely for education
Every organization should have a thorough, easy to use policies and procedures manual that board members can use throughout their terms.
This policies and procedures workbook serves two functions:
First, it will assist the board of directors in adopting sound, ethical, and legal governance and financial management policies.
Secondly, for the new board member, it is an orientation handbook that provides useful information about the organization, board structure and operations, and fellow board members and staff.
For the balance of a member’s board service, the workbook then becomes an indispensable reference and resource manual.
It serves as a source of information for board members, staff and volunteers.
It is working tool and a central resource about the organization and the board.
Creating a policies and procedures manual helps provide clear protocols for consistency in an organization.
The board of directors lays out what is acceptable behavior in areas that range from governance to financial controls.
This workbook focuses on key areas to assist the board of directors in writing a policies and procedures for their nonprofit organization.
Information can be added and removed to create an up-to-date reference.
This workbook was created to assist the board of directors, the administrator, and members of the governance committee.
It is desirable to date all materials and additions and replace material when necessary.
Functions of the Board workbook:
Assist the board of directors in the creation of the organization’s policies and procedures
Orientation handbook for new board members and staff
Reference manual for board members, staff and volunteers
Policies and procedures for legal documents such as articles of incorporation and bylaws, financial information, and an overview of the organization's programs.
It should also contain a roster of board members, staff data and information about committees.