Tag: nonprofits
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...