Stanford Research Offers 9 Tips to Improve Nonprofit Governance

(Press release, April 22, 2015) — A new survey supports a long-held hypothesis that many nonprofit boards are ineffective, say Stanford Graduate School of Business (GSB) researchers.

The survey of 924 nonprofit directors revealed a significant minority are unsure of their organization’s mission and strategy, dissatisfied with their ability to evaluate their organization’s performance, and uncertain whether their fellow board members have the experience to do their jobs well.