Governance for Nonprofits

<p><em>Governance for Nonprofits</em> itemizes the duties of governance explains what a nonprofit organization needs to successfully accomplish its Mission Statement and provides the road map to an ongoing smoothly operating profitable not-for-profit organization.</p><p><br></p><p>* Explaining the purpose and role of governance in a nonprofit corporation </p><p>* Defining the duties of board members and board officers </p><p>* Showing how to be an effective member of a board of directors </p><p>* Examining the purpose and limitations of boards of directors </p><p>* Looking at the role of the board in major decision making </p><p>* Explaining fund-raising from a management perspective </p><p>* Walking the reader through the major steps of becoming a nonprofit </p><p>* Offering real-life samples of important nonprofit documents </p><p>* Making suggestions regarding term-limits </p><p>* Explaining the elements and importance of bylaws </p><p>* Illustrating the differences between managing a small medium or large nonprofit </p><p>* Explaining various types of nonprofit boards </p><p>* Discussing the role and value of committees </p><p>* Looking at the impact of ethics in nonprofit operations </p><p>* Explaining how to analyze the effectiveness of a board of directors </p><p>* Including an introduction to IRS reporting Form 990 </p><p>* Demonstrating the importance of succession planning </p><p>* Examining the tools available to help a board function at a high level of competence </p><p>* And a whole lot more. </p><p><br></p><p>Governance for Nonprofits is a basic tool that should be in the arsenal of every person that sits on a board of directors and every member of a nonprofit staff that deals with the challenges of making a not-for-profit organization successful.</p>