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The Board Builds Its Sense of Self: Body-Building for Nonprofit Boards
Perhaps the single most important attribute of an effective board is also its most intangible: An independent sense of itself.
If You Don’t Have Time to Save: Nonprofit Retirement Part 3
Blue Avocado explores the plight of people in the nonprofit sector who find themselves close to retirement without enough savings.
Closing Down the Right Way
Blue Avocado shares steps for how a nonprofit organization can shut down its operations and ride into the sunset gracefully.
Nonprofit Retirement Part 2: How and Where to Save
Exploring different ways nonprofit employees can plan and save for retirement — and which ways are better suited than others.
Thinking the Unthinkable: Maybe We Should Shut Down
For nonprofits, it’s hard not to think that closing down is the ultimate disaster. But sometimes a lack of money or energy forces the issue.
How to Take a Public Policy Stand, with Sample Criteria
Would it support your cause if your organization took a stand on a public policy issue? Is it legal to do so? And how would you go about it?
Nonprofit Retirement: Calculating retirement Needs & Exploring Choices
Part one in this three-part series on nonprofit retirement looks at calculating retirement needs and using that information to explore choices
Should the Board Hold Executive Sessions?
Executive sessions can help nonprofits have frank discussions about staff performance, and help the board develop a sense of itself.
Boards of All-Volunteer Organizations
All-volunteer organizations (AVOs) are a major social and economic force, but are seldom given credit for their work.
The Best Way to Raise Money? Choose a Revenue Strategy
What’s the best way to raise money for a nonprofit? Start by figuring out who are the best potential supporters of our work and why.