Nonprofit Management Content Topic Results

This document explores mechanisms for coordination of community responses to domestic violence, examines research regarding various components of community responses, and highlights studies that evaluate the effectiveness coordinated community responses.

This document provides basic information on the many ways to use the media to disseminate messages about domestic violence to the American public. A set of sample media materials is included.

A budget is a tool. This publication describes how budgets can be used to work with staff, control expenses, plan effectively, and reach organizational goals. Includes examples of budgets and budget reports. 

This overview provides a basic orientation to the roles of shared leadership between the board of directors and the chief executive. A chart is provided that outlines guidance on specific responsibilities between both parties in several key governance areas.

According to the author, Nicki Roth, "a great team is the sum of all of its moving parts.” This document provides advice on how to nurture working relationships and build respect of team members in order to build high-performing teams.

A well-planned budget demonstrates a nonprofit’s ability to responsibly manage its financial resources—an important factor for donors, corporate investors, and grantmaking institutions. This template provides a pre-formatted spreadsheet that can be used to document projected income and expenses.

Although it can certainly be stressful, nonprofit work can also be full of joy. This article from Nonprofit AF explores some of the positive aspects of nonprofit work.

We can’t create change in areas of injustice if we are afraid to have honest conversations with each other. This article addresses the fact that advancing social justice discussions and finding solutions requires nonprofit organizations to admit our mistakes and keep working to improve.

Embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion as organizational values is a way to intentionally make space for positive outcomes to flourish, whether in the nonprofit capacity building or public policy spheres. This webpage from the National Council of Nonprofits explores why racial equity needs to be centered in all aspects of our work, and offers resources and tools for practice and discussion within nonprofit organizations.

An excellent outline of the basic responsibilities of a board of directors can be found within this general overview. The document describes the three primary governing responsibilities as well as the supportive role of individual board members.

This document provides a one page example of a financial reports inventory for nonprofits. It lists the types of financial reports that should be available, how often they should be disseminated, and to whom.

This brief summary from the Council of Nonprofits outlines the board recruitment process with a number of links to help with additional information.