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Board Evaluations Articles
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SELF-AUDIT OF COMMON STANDARDS
The nonprofit community in the United States is well established with commonly accepted practices and government-required standards. Donors have come to expect certain behaviors from U.S. ministries and generally assume that they can rely on organizations to conduct themselves in a predictably professional manner. Some of these expectations include corporate conduct such as oversight by an active board, regular preparation of financial statements in a standard form, willingness to share financial and operational information, access to senior management, and the opportunity to inspect programs and performance.
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SUCCESSFUL BOARD SELF-ASSESSMENTS
Considering the important role the board has within a nonprofit, why would any organization be content with a sub-standard board — a board with inadequate performance and fulfillment of its responsibilities — and not be open and willing to improve its members’ individual and collective performance? The best way to make the case for board improvement is to conduct periodic board self-assessments to identify your board’s strengths and areas in need of improvement.