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Best Practice Guide

The Best Practice Guide provides a close look at practices organizations implement to build the capacity needed to achieve their mission. These...

Management & Operations

Continuity Management: Documenting Procedures

Sometimes it feels like the only firm rule at an organization is that there is an exception to every rule, so how do you document that? This document...

Management & Operations

How Much Profit Does a Nonprofit Need?

Nonprofits need profit. Because every nonprofit is unique, the amount depends upon individual circumstances. This article will identify the key...

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Employee Handbook Template

Use this template for an employee handbook to develop or refresh your own.

How to Write a Mission Statement that Doesn't Suck

Author Dan Heath speaks in this brief video about how the mission statement development process goes awry. Whether you're writing your first mission...

Fundraising Roles & Responsibilities

This worksheet identifies the fundraising responsibilities of the board as a whole, individual board members and the fundraising committee.

How to Identify, Assess, and Engage a Potential Merger Partner

This article from LaPiana Consulting explores the steps required to identify, assess and engage a partner for a merger.

Management & Operations

Steps in Considering a Merger

Examine the various steps to undertaking a merger.

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Board Member Profile Worksheet

Use this grid to give you a visual picture of the current composition of your board, and identify the skill sets you already have prior to beginning...

A Business Plan Can Help Make Your Nonprofit Successful

This article identifies differences between for profit and not for profit business plans and outlines why a business plan is important.

Management & Operations

Ethics and Fundraising

Fundraising is about relationships and relationships are fraught with potential for ethical issues. This resource reviews some areas where fundraisers...

When Your Nonprofit Might Need an Interim Executive Director

This article from Third Sector New England discusses when it might be appropriate to use an interim director.