Due process for selecting new nonprofit board members

Selecting the best and brightest candidates for board membership has become a top priority for many nonprofit organizations. But how do organizations identify and select the most ideal candidates for board membership? While there is a wide range of methods, a growing number of savvy nonprofits are using due diligence to assess candidates for board membership.

Grant Thornton has published a free guide on governance practices for nonprofit board members and executives that covers the due diligence procedures or “decision screens” that nonprofit organizations are using to select candidates for board membership:

Click here to downoad the new issue of ForwardThinking, Grant Thornton's newsletter for nonprofit boards that includes the feature article titled: “Do you really know who your board members are?”