Thursday, November 11, 2010

Trustees Fall Short in Fund Raising and Promoting Diversity - Boards - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Trustees Fall Short in Fund Raising and Promoting Diversity - Boards - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Trustees Don’t Do Well in Fund Raising or Promoting Diversity, CEO’s Say

By Eric Frazier

Chief executives of nonprofit organizations gave their boards grades of D in fund raising and C in increasing board diversity, according to a national survey whose results were released on Wednesday.

The 2010 Nonprofit Governance Index, unveiled at the annual BoardSource Leadership Forum, in San Francisco, also shows many organizations are still struggling to recover from the recession: Forty-one percent cut or froze staff salaries, 29 percent laid off staff members, and 28 percent dipped into their reserves or endowments."

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