Many nonprofit organizations owe their beginning to a founder with great vision. The founder goes on to assemble other people who share in his or her vision, and the world is better for their contribution. The board learns its roles...
Our bylaws do not define a "member" and we have no membership fee. Is it ethical to just let all adult attendees at the upcoming annual general meeting vote? Or all volunteers? Should we let staff be members and vote?...
Some of the directors of my nonprofit want to be paid a per diem for board and board committee work. Is this ethical? There's recently been a lively online international discussion among governance professionals and senior staff on this very...
When the federal government announced its budget on June 6, one of the measures within it made Registered Canadian Amateur Athletic Associations (RCAAAs) sit up and take notice. On June 10, Cathy Hawara, the Canada Revenue Agency's Charities Directorate executive...
My organization just elected a married couple to its board. Is this ethical? In most circumstances it is ethical, but often unwise. I usually advise against it but I sit on a board myself that has not one but three...
Mergers have long occupied a complicated place within the not-for-profit sector. On one hand, not-for-profit organizations may pursue them to increase impact and improve service while increasing efficiencies over the long term. On the other hand, mergers have often been...
In early April, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger grabbed the attention of sector organizations by announcing his province was set to provide "stable funding and less red tape" for nonprofits. He's beginning by launching a two-year pilot project designed to evaluate...
A Nova Scotia mainstay with the mission of advancing marginalized learners through innovation, empathy, volunteerism, diversity and partnership, EPIC has run its Youth Peer and Parents PEACE program for 13 years. It's what founder and executive director Barry Waldman calls...
Since 1948, the MS Society of Calgary has been hard at work fulfilling its two-tiered mission: finding a cure for MS and enabling people affected by the disease to enhance their quality of life. So far they've amassed eight Donner...
I was invited to sit on the board of directors for a charitable organization. I am looking for work in the charity sector, including perhaps this very organization. Is it a conflict of interest for me to accept this invitation?...
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