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Relationship between board, chief executive critical to group

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial The relationship between the board and its chief executive is critical to the health of the organization. Ideally, this...

Performing an assessment

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Most nonprofit organizations recognize that strengthening and building their organizational capacity enhances their programs and increases the impact of...

Succession planning: Ensuring continuity during leadership changes

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Developing a succession plan for an organization is a basic risk management exercise, yet many nonprofits have not taken...

Defining the role of the board chair

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial High-functioning organizations have strong co-leadership between the executive director who oversees the management of the organization and the board...

Philanthropy makes good business sense

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Running and managing a nonprofit is a challenging proposition because it’s a business model reliant, to a greater or...

The importance of determining a nonprofit’s competitive advantage

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial Running and managing a nonprofit has a lot of challenges, not the least of which is working with a...

The board and the budget

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial This is the time of year when many nonprofit boards develop their annual budgets. Managing an organization’s financial resources...

Four nonprofit agencies unite on building project

By Pat Shaver IOWA CITY—With decreasing funding resources and an increasing need for services, four local nonprofit organizations saw an opportunity. The 1105 Project is a...

Orienting, engaging boards of directors

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial One of the responsibilities of a board of directors is to manage itself, ensuring that the board has the...

The unnatural focus on overhead costs in nonprofits

By Regenia Bailey / Guest Editorial We’d never expect our public works departments to routinely repair our streets using shovels and wheelbarrows or our businesses...

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