Description
Standards for Excellence 3.0
09 Leadership & Governance Part 3: Board Effectiveness
9.1: Board Member Responsibility
9.1.1: Fiduciary, Strategic, and Generative functions and thinking
9.1.2: Legal responsibilities
9.1.3: Other responsibilities, such as when board members act in a representative capacity
9.1.4: Why Diversity Matters
9.1.5: Evaluating its Diversity
9.1.6: Collecting Board Demographic Information
9.1.7: Normalizing Diversity at the Board Level
9.2: Governing Documents
9.2.1: Bylaws
9.2.2: Governing Policies
9.2.3: Alternative Governance Structures and Practices for Equity-centered Nonprofits
9.3: Establishing Expectations for Board members
9.3.1: Purpose of Job descriptions
9.3.2: Term limits
9.4: Board Building
9.4.1: Role of Governance, Development, or Nominating Committee
9.4.2: Board Member Orientation, Development, and Training
9.4.3: Board Evaluations of its Own Performance
9.4.4: Recruiting New Board members
9.4.5: Planning for the Succession of Members
9.4.6: Incorporating the Standards for Excellence into the Board Building Cycle
9.4.7: Board Size
Selected Resources for Leadership and Governance Part 3: Board Effectiveness
Books and Articles
References
Websites
Attachments
Attachment 9A: Board Composition Analysis
Attachment 9B: Policy Statements on Board Diversity
Attachment 9C: Source Board Demographic Information Survey
Attachment 9D: Sample Board Commitment Form
Attachment 9E: Roles and Responsibilities of Chair of the Board
Attachment 9F: Roles and Responsibilities of Treasurer
Attachment 9G: Roles and Responsibilities of Fundraising Committee Chair
Attachment 9H: Sample Job Description for General Committee Chair
Attachment 9I: Sample Position Description Member: Board of Directors
Attachment 9J: Sample Board Member Development Committee Job Description
Attachment 9K: Sample Board Member Orientation Checklist
Attachment 9L: Board Member Handbook, Model Table of Contents, and List of Related Appendices
Attachment 9M: Setting Up a Board Mentoring Program
Attachment 9N: Sample Board of Directors Annual Review of Performance
Attachment 9O (9.4.3) Board Self-Assessment
Attachment 9P (9.4.3) Board Self-Assessment
Attachment 9Q (9.4.4) Developing a Sample Board Prospectus
