The Board Room

Checklist

Governance and Accountability Checklist
A checklist of important matters in governance and accountability for nonprofit organizations.

Policies

Board Attendance Policy Template
A template of a policy that is designed to encourage board members to attend meetings and be engaged in the nonprofit organization.
Child Protection Policy
A template for a policy that you can customize for your organization designed to promote good practices that protect clients who are children from a variety of forms of abuse.
Code of Ethics
A template for a code of ethics that outlines the practices in which your organization will engage in order to conduct its business ethically.
Conflict of Interest Policy
Template for a brief policy that can be customized for your organization for staff and board members to declare possible conflicts of interest.
Document Retention and Destruction Policy
A chart that outlines the length of time, from 2 years to permanently, that nonprofit business documents must be retained.
Gift Acceptance Policy
A template for a nonprofit policy that declares the circumstances under which and the types of gifts that can be and those that cannot be accepted.
Rationale for a Board Attendance Policy
A policy intended to encourage good attendance at board meetings and full engagement of board members.
Rationale for a Code of Ethics
Justification for establishing an organizational code of ethics as a best practice of nonprofit management.
Succession Planning and Term Limits
Rationale for developing and maintaining term limits and planning for succession on your board.
Whistleblower Policy
Template for a policy that will protect individuals who report misuse of an organization's resources.

Responsibilities

Board Member Job Description
A description of the expectation, responsibilities and restrictions on an individual serving on a nonprofit board.
Duties of a Nonprofit Board Member
The three duties of board service listed and described.