What Is Governance?

These board governance policies from the accredited Harpswell Heritage Land Trust describe board member and board responsibilities, procedures, recruitment and committees.

This guidance covers Practice 3C: Board Governance.

This report explores: obstacles to increasing diversity on boards of directors; what's working and what's not, from real-world experiences of nonprofit boards; and concrete steps board members can take to move toward diversity and inclusion.

What is it that makes you different? What makes you jump out of bed? Cole Blakeway, a messy ten year old teaches us the value of celebrating differences as he describes his beautiful friendship with Steven, a 44 year old man with Autism.

You’ve joined the board of a land trust — wonderful! What’s next? In this webinar, you’ll take a look under the hood to learn what land trusts do, how they do it and how you fit in.

This includes two sample self-evaluation forms for board members from the publication Land Trust Boards: Preparing for Perpetuity by Marc Smiley.

This is a conflict of interest policy and disclosure form from the accredited Kansas Land Trust.

Preparing for meetings, making decisions and holding executive sessions