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Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Invites Your Comments :: PNNOnline ::: "Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Invites Your Comments
Posted by: laurakujawski on Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Topic Public Works and Advocacy


The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector invites the nonprofit community to comment on draft principles on self-regulation through a public comment period.


The principles were developed by the Panel’s Advisory Committee on Self-Regulation of the Charitable Sector, comprised of 34 leaders from charities, foundations, and academic institutions, and chaired by Joel L. Fleishman, director of the Samuel & Ronnie Heyman Center for Ethics, Public Policy, and the Professions at Duke University, and Rebecca W. Rimel, president and CEO of The Pew Charitable Trusts.


The Advisory Committee examined the standards and principles established by over 50 self-regulation and accreditation systems that monitor different types of charitable organizations to develop a set of 29 principles of effective practice for charitable organizations. The Committee recommends that all charitable organizations aspire to follow these principles and that all major organizations (public charities with at least $1 million in annual revenues and private foundations with at least $25 million in assets) should implement these practices.


Available for review and comment through the Panel’s web site, the principles are arranged in four categories:"