Writing Question
Part 3- Board and Governance
For Section 3 of the Final Project you will create a guide for these areas that nonprofit boards and executive directors can use to maximize their chances for success.
Section 3 should be 4-5 pages and include these Headings:
- Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
- Policy Formulation
- Fundraising
- Financial Oversight
Make sure to include this:
- Explain the board’s legal and ethical responsibilities and why they are important for the organization’s success.
- Include your assessment of an organization’s responsibility to bring about positive social change regarding the underlying problems that the organization exists to address.
- Include a listing of essential policies that the board should adopt.
- Explain the responsibilities of individual board members regarding fundraising and the board’s responsibilities for financial oversight.
Submit the draft of Final Project Section 3 for scholarly writing faculty review. Your draft should be 4–5 pages, contain a minimum of 5–6 specific, evidence-based best practices, and utilize proper APA formatting.
Resources
BoardSource. (2010). The handbook of nonprofit governance. San Francisco, CA: Wiley.
- Chapter 7, “Legal and Ethical Responsibilities” (pp.127–144)
BoardSource. (2016a). Coming to terms with a conflict of interest. Retrieved from https://boardsource.org/
BoardSource. (2016b). Creating policies. Retrieved from https://boardsource.org/
BoardSource. (2016c). Legal and compliance issues-FAQs. Retrieved from https://boardsource.org/
BoardSource. (2016d). Tax exemption. Retrieved from https://boardsource.org/
Charity Navigator. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.charitynavigator.
BoardSource. (2010). The handbook of nonprofit governance. San Francisco, CA: Wiley.
- Chapter 8, “Financial Oversight” (pp.145–166)
- Chapter 9, “Fundraising” (pp.167–188)
https://boardsource.org/
https://boardsource.org/
Hopkins, B.R. (2013). Wiley nonprofit authority: Bruce R. Hopkins Nonprofit Law Library: Essential questions and answers. Somerset, NJ: John Wiley and Sons.
- Chapter 5, “Conflicts of Interest/Self-Dealing” (pp.127–157)
- Chapter 7, “Legislative Activities Rules” (pp. 185–194)
Reissová, A., Žambochová, M., & Vlčková, M. (2019). Fundraising as an Opportunity for Non-profit Organisations – Possibilities and Limits of Individual Fundraising. Czech & Slovak Social Work / Sociální Práce / Sociálna Práca, 19(1), 5–22.
Csongrádi, G., Reicher, R., & Takács, I. (2018). Latest Trends and Technologies at the Field of Non-Profit Fundraising. International Journal of Contemporary Management, 17(4), 43–62. https://doi.org/10.4467/
Becker, A. (2018). An Experimental Study of Voluntary Nonprofit Accountability and Effects on Public Trust, Reputation, Perceived Quality, and Donation Behavior. Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 47(3), 562–582. https://doi.org/10.1177/
Dale, E. J. (2019). Reframing Nonprofit Organizations: Democracy, Inclusion, and Social Change: A. M. Eikenberry, R. M. Mirabella, and B. Sandberg (Eds.). Reframing nonprofit organizations: Democracy, inclusion, and social change. Irvine, CA: Melvin & Leigh Publishers, 2018. Administrative Theory & Praxis (Taylor & Francis Ltd), 41(4), 434–437. https://doi.org/10.1080/
