Board Leadership Series Resources
The Dodge Foundation offers an annual series of workshops designed to build organizational capacity. Each workshop features excellent tools for non-profit administrators and boards. We share some of them with you below. Check back often, since we add new materials frequently.
General
- NJ Nonprofit Statistics (updated October 2014)
- Mission Statement Qualities
- Environmental Scan
- Minutes Template
- Operating Reserve Policy
Lifecycles
Board Job Descriptions
- Board Profile Survey
- Board Profile Questionnaire
- Board Member Position Descriptions
- Board Committee Job Descriptions
- Event Committee Job Description
- Sample Board Commitment Letters
Strategic Planning
Fundraising
The New Form 990
Governance Policies and Procedures
- Sample 1 Whistleblower Policy
- Sample 2 Whistleblower Policy
- Sample 1 Conflict of Interest Policy
- Sample 2 Conflict of Interest Policy
- Guidelines for Document Destruction
- Boardsource on Code of Ethics
- Sample 1 Code of Ethics
- Sample 2 Code of Ethics
- Sample Confidentiality Statements
Board and Staff Assessment
- Guidelines for Board of Directors Evaluating Chief Executive
- Sample Form 1 for Board of Directors Evaluating Chief Executive
- Sample Form 2 for Board of Directors Evaluating Chief Executive
- Sample Form for 360° Evaluation
- Board Self Assessment Survey 1
- Board Self Assessment Survey 2
Board / Executive Director Relationship
- Board and Executive Director Roles
- Exercise 1: Partnership Assessment
- Exercise 2: Clarification of Roles and Responsibilities
- Exercise 3: Reciprocal Agreements
Mergers