The NonprofitBOD blog
Articles
Plain-language guidance on governance, compliance, and building a board that actually governs.
Finance & Oversight
Reading a Nonprofit Budget Without an Accounting Degree
The budget packet lands in your inbox and your eyes glaze over. Here are the five numbers that tell you almost everything, and how to read them.
Photo by Jakub Żerdzicki
on Unsplash
Board Development
Recruit for Gaps, Not for Friends: The Board Skills Matrix
Most boards fill seats with whoever will say yes. A one-page grid turns that scramble into a strategy and quietly fixes half your governance problems.
Photo by Dylan Gillis
on Unsplash
Compliance
Board Meeting Minutes 101: What to Record and What to Leave Out
Minutes aren't a transcript and they aren't a highlight reel. They're a legal record, and a good auditor will read yours before they read anything else.
Photo by Jan Kahánek
on Unsplash