Blog Posts

July 31st, 2025

From 501 Commons: "As executive directors wrestle with funding changes, managing remote workers, planning for a return to in-person work, and other challenges, we are launching Exec2Exec to provide you with a confidential sounding board and advice from an experienced executive."   Learn More  

July 30th, 2025

From the Ontario Nonprofit Network: "Reimagining Governance Lab: A virtual hub for nonprofits to discover new and better ways to do their governance. Explore free tools and resources on governance, ranging from simple exercises to deeper dives. You’ll also find stories from the sector, and a powerful case for change to help you approach governance differently. The Lab is designed to help the board and leadership team make better decisions, build the fundamentals, strengthen stakeholder engagement, address board dynamics, and …

July 30th, 2025

From BoardSource: "Nonprofits are embedded in communities across our country to address long-standing inequalities that manifest through poverty, lack of affordable housing, poor access to health care, and unequal civil rights, just to name a few. Nonprofits also help us imagine and work towards thriving communities, which, by definition, requires inclusion.  After the racial reckoning following the murder of George Floyd, many organizations, particularly at the staff level, embarked on deep learning journeys to understand structural racism in our country. …

July 30th, 2025

From AIGI: "We've developed the Indigenous Governance Toolkit as an online resource to help Indigenous organisations, communities, nations and individuals build, strengthen and evaluate their governance."   Access the Toolkit  

Posted by Anne Wallestad March 10th, 2021

From Anne Wallestad with Stanford Social Innovation Review: "In the face of increasingly pressing systemic inequities, nonprofit boards must change the traditional ways they have worked and instead prioritize an organization's purpose, show respect for the ecosystem in which they operate, commit to equity, and recognize that power must be authorized by the people they're aiming to help."   Read the Full Article