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Embracing partnership: A promising paradigm for nonprofit governance 

Candid

Traditionally, nonprofit governance has been perceived through a hierarchical lens, with board members primarily overseeing and guiding the organization’s direction while staff execute the operational tasks. The nonprofit governance orthodoxy Nonprofit governance operates within a framework of three legal duties.

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An Evolution of Evaluation in Grantmaking With a Participatory Lens

sgEngage

Power Imbalance in Traditional Evaluation As grantmakers, we tend to monitor and evaluate our strategies and programs using metrics that we deem important. On its face, evaluation seems like a neutral activity, designed to help us understand what’s happened, and to change course where needed. Who decides what is measured?

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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

.orgSource

I am still evaluating the lessons learned. Civic and government partners played pivotal roles in their ability to provide that support. More likely to be successful in advocacy and public policy. Evaluate your current community and identify where expanded representation might be beneficial. The pandemic was a wormhole.

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Strengthening program evaluation in your nonprofit

ASU Lodestar Center

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. This call spurred the increasing demand for program evaluation. Guide to building evaluation capacity.

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The 10 roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit Board of Directors

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In other words, your Board should help you see problems before they occur, they should evaluate how well things are working, and they should help you find new and better solutions. It’s also responsible for making sure the organization meets its regulatory responsibilities and files appropriate paperwork with government agencies.

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What You Should Know if You’re Thinking of Starting a Nonprofit Organization

Bloomerang

Establish initial governing documents and policies. . You’ll need to create Bylaws and Conflict of Interest documents and policies because both are needed for your IRS application. . Retain or consult with an accountant for annual audit and government filings, including the form 990.

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#AI4Good: Artificial Intelligence & Wellbeing, Ethical Dilemmas, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Priority should be given to retaining and emphasizing human characteristics in decision making processes and evaluations. .

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