Board Development Resource Library

The resources in our library offer a wide variety of expertise for non-profit boards and the organizations they serve. Each resource link provides a brief description, costs or fees associated with the service and important aspects of the services being offered. We hope this additional summary helps you quickly find what you need for your organization. If you are interested in resources/experts in Mason County please visit the website for The Chamber of Services.

Free Management Library
Description: The Library provides easy-to-access, clutter-free, comprehensive resources regarding the leadership and management of yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations. Content is relevant to the vast majority of people, whether they are in large or small for-profit or nonprofit organizations. Over the past 10 years, the Library has grown to be one of the world's largest well-organized collections of these types of resources.
Cost: Free
Website: www.managementhelp.org/boards/boards.htm

Board Cafe
Description: Board Café is the electronic newsletter exclusively for members of nonprofit boards of directors. Short enough to read over a cup of coffee, Board Café offers a menu of ideas, information, opinion, news, and resources to help board members give and get the most out of board service. There are over 70 great issues in the archive!
Cost: Free
Website: www.compasspoint.org/boardcafe/index.php

BoardSource
Description: BoardSource increases the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations by strengthening boards of directors through our highly acclaimed consulting practice, publications, tools, and membership program.
Cost: Small Membership Fee
Website: www.boardsource.org/

Alliance for Nonprofit Management
Description: The Alliance for Nonprofit Management is the professional association of individuals and organizations devoted to improving the management and governance capacity of nonprofits - to assist nonprofits in fulfilling their mission.

The Alliance is a learning community that promotes quality in nonprofit capacity building. The Alliance convenes a major annual conference, networks colleagues year-round online, and provides member discounts on books and other publications. The Alliance provides visibility to its members in the online “Find a Consultant or Service Provider” directory, the People of Color Roster, Alliance Insights eNewsletter, Member Spotlights and membership directory.
Cost: Individual membership or scale based on operating budget of non-profit
Website: www.allianceonline.org/

Independent Sector
Description: Independent Sector is the leadership forum for charities, foundations, and corporate giving programs committed to advancing the common good in America and around the world. Our nonpartisan coalition of approximately 600 organizations leads, strengthens, and mobilizes the charitable community in order to fulfill our vision of a just and inclusive society and a healthy democracy of active citizens, effective institutions, and vibrant communities.
Cost: Variable based on salaries or grantmaking
Website: www.independentsector.org/

The Nonprofit Board Answer Book
Description: “Think for a moment of the best conversations you’ve had with friends and colleagues. You were honest with one another—not shy about speaking up but relaxed, even if the topic being discussed was serious in nature. That’s the type of conversation The Nonprofit Board Answer Book aims to have with you in the pages that follow. It follows a question-and-answer format, enabling you to quickly find an answer to a burning question you have right now. At the same time, it’s easy to pick up and read straight through, either cover to cover or one section at a time.
At the end of each question-and-answer pairing you’ll find suggested action steps. These offer ways to put the information to a practical use on your own board and within your own nonprofit organization. Implementing some of these steps may lead to more questions as you become even more committed to fulfilling your responsibilities as a board member.
Cost: $39.95
Website: www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/p...0787994618.html

Nonprofit Resource Center
Description: For five years the Nonprofit Resource Center has been the Internet's premier information source for nonprofit organizations. With the most comprehensive list of links to websites of interest to nonprofits, you can find virtually everything you need to know about how to form, manage and maintain your nonprofit organization right here. Just click on a category (Legal & Boards of Directors, Support Organizations, Finance, Accounting, & General Mgmt, Fundraising Marketing & People Mgt) to find links to the services and information you need.
Cost: Free
Website: www.not-for-profit.org

Society for Nonprofit Organizations
Description: Since 1983, the Society for Nonprofit Organizations has been providing products and services to other nonprofit organizations that help them to accomplish their missions more effectively.

With over 3,500 members worldwide, the Society is one of the oldest and largest nonprofit management support organizations in the country.
Cost: Sliding Scale
Website: http://wicip.org/snpo/

Nonprofit Law
Description: Serving nonprofit, philanthropic, and tax-exempt organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad, we provide:
? Comprehensive legal counsel in all aspects of nonprofit law, including nonprofit corporate, tax, regulatory, charitable trust, and intellectual property law.

• Strategies and tools for sound and effective nonprofit governance, board structures, and board/staff relationships.
• Legal documents attuned to critical nonprofit needs, including nonprofit bylaws, gift instruments, contracts, merger and social venture agreements, and documents for applying for tax exemption and starting a nonprofit organization.

Cost: Free
Website: www.hurwitassociates.com

Executive Service Corp of Washington
Description: The Executive Service Corps of Washington (ESC), provides...

• leadership coaching,
• consulting services
• meeting facilitation, and
• training programs for boards and staff
  ...to nonprofits, schools, and government organizations. Most services are provided in the Puget Sound region but we attempt to serve organizations throughout the state.

Our consulting and other services are affordable because of the contributions of over 100 members of the service corps who volunteer their time. They are active professionals, as well as retirees, who bring their experience in education, government, business, and nonprofit organizations to the doorsteps of organizations in our community.

ESC provides high quality services customized to the needs and organizational culture of each organization. 100% of clients over the last three years have responded that they would use ESC services again!

Cost: Low cost
Website: www.escwa.org/index.htm

Charity Channel
Description: CharityChannel is a resource that connects you to your nonprofit colleagues across town, across the country, and around the world.

Our Goal: To create a place where nonprofit professionals can connect, learn from each other, share information and work together to advance the cause of philanthropy.

The CharityChannel community is comprised of nonprofit sector professionals from around the world who volunteer their time, advice, information, tips and articles for the benefit of the community.

CharityChannel directs (or "channels") this information through our vast network, approves, edits and/or packages it up, and directs it back out to you by way of: Forum discussion lists, enewsletters, updated news links, book reviews, interviews, job postings, and product/service listings.

Cost: $18 for 6 months ($3 per month) or $24 for 1 year ($2 per month)
Website: charitychannel.com