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Nonprofit boards are the governing body of an organization. They are comprised of multiple members who are responsible for overseeing a nonprofit’s financial operations, maintaining the legal and ethical standing of the organization and its staff, and making sure that the organization is accountable to its donors and the public. Boards are also responsible for determining the nonprofit’s mission statement, and selecting its CEO. The majority of nonprofit board members are not paid, though there are some that are compensated.

Read more about boards and why they are important to every nonprofit organization in the articles below.

• The Second Mile To Cease Operations
• Smaller Boards Flexible, Engage All Members
• Boards Not Giving And Getting
• Mortenson To Pay $1 Million In Restitution To Charity
• Opinion: Komen’s Brinker Must Go
• Ward Elected New Chairman at CNCS
• An Open Letter To The Board Of The William And Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Kids’ Charity Is Damaged By Penn State Scandal
• Charity CEO Forced Out In Wake Of Penn State Scandal
• ACS Elects First Female African-American Chair
• Penn State Board Fires Iconic Coach
• Structured Board Evaluation Keys Engagement
• Developing Your Board
• On Board For Term Limits
• Heifer CEO Suing Board For $5 Million
• Boards: What Role Members?
• Fiesta Bowl's Board Fumbled Oversight
• Ousted Feed The Children Founders Continue Fight
• Fear And Loathing In The Fundraising Office
• Talk Costs NPR Execs Their Jobs
• Paid Board Members Average 1,000 Per Meeting
• Teach For America Looks Left And Right For Board Members
• Save The Children Leader To Step Down
• Gary Bass To Leave OMB Watch To Head Foundation
• Tips For Internal Controls For Big And Small
• DMA Chair Resigns Citing Business Concerns
• Founder Larry Jones Voted Off Feed The Children's Board
• NAACP Elects Its Youngest Ever Board Chair
• Feed The Children Fires Founder Larry Jones
• Young Chief Executives Are Finding Few Peers
• Right Message, Wrong Messenger
• Lawsuits, Proxy Fight Heading Into DMA's Annual Meeting
• DMA And Board Members Are Dueling Proxies
• Spurned Board Member Goes After DMA
• Jones Ousted As Boss At Feed The Children
• Youth Movement Critical For Boards
• Indefensible
• Divining A Skills Set
• Get Your Board's Hands Dirty
• Give Or Get
• Making The Pitch
• Boards Give Or Get More Expensive Now
• Board Fundraising
• Beamer Struggling With Missions
• The Role Of The Nonprofit Board In Todays World
• Making Your Board Room An Oasis
• Fundraising In All Shapes And Sizes
• Capital Campaigns
• Nonprofits Face Generation Gaps For Boards Donors
• Fullers Continue Fight For Habitat
• Board Members Doing More Giving And Getting Now
• Fuller Forced Out At Habitat For Humanity
• Old Battles and New Challenges
• Special Report: Policy Primer
• Peer To Peer
• Introspection Brings Sparks at United Way
• Donor Relationships