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Article Topic: Board Financial Oversight

A Simple Approach to Quickly Improving Board Financial Literacy

Here’s how to use executive summaries and annotations to keep your board members focused and informed on the metrics that matter.

Here We Go Again: The Cyclical Nature of Board Behavior

Each time a board enters a new cycle, it differs from the one before, because the organization and external environment will have changed.

Nonprofit Boards – Webinar Recording and Resources List

What exactly is the board’s role in helping to steer a sound financial course for your nonprofit?

How Board Members Can Learn to Spot the Red Flags

This piece by Kate Barr discusses how nonprofits can address potential problems while they're still small enough to squash.

Lone Financial Wolves and the Downside of Trust

When it comes to nonprofit scandals, it’s often precisely when a leader is endowed with high levels of others’ trust that fraud occurs.

Commons Collection – Governance Resources

A selection of resources about nonprofit governance. Curated by the Nonprofit Financial Commons.

Beyond Financial Oversight: Expanding the Board’s Role in the Pursuit of Sustainability

Board financial oversight is “nice but insufficient”; governance must address the fit of the organization’s design with the environment.

What Every Board Member Should Know About Financial Management… and Probably Doesn’t

Questions you should be able to answer about your organization if you’re aiming to achieve financial responsibility, and more.

Fundamentals for Nonprofits: Best Practices for Nonprofit Boards

NFF offers this series of videos that collects best practices for nonprofit boards.

Financial Literacy for Nonprofit Boards

A variety of information concerning nonprofit budgets, financial reports, and audits, along with corresponding resources and templates.
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