Assessing Not-For-Profit Boards • Governance Structures & Practices in Canada

First Edition • Publication Year 2009 • First Published 2009 • 74 pages • electronic • PDF • ISBN 1-895589-58-4

Topics: Assessing Boards • Board Orientation • Board Roles • Boards • Directors • Evaluating Boards • Governance • Leadership • Responsibility/ies • Stewardship • Survey Report

Outline: Find out what makes the difference between effective and ineffective not-for-profit boards. The Assessing Not-for-Profit Board Study was designed to benchmark governance structures and practices in Canada, but also explain what particular characteristics influence:

Note: This survey is an electronic PDF document.

1. A "good" not-for-profit organization;
2. Organizations that support their Boards effectively.
3. Effective Board conduct and procedure;
4. Strong relationships between CEO/EDFs and their Board; and
5. A "good" Board Member.

The survey, conducted in July 2009, received responses from 700 non-profit respondents on those areas.

The things your organization can do to make the most of its board are listed right here in Assessing Not-For-Profit Boards: Governance Structures & Practices in Canada