With Giving Hearts Day 2025 now in the rearview mirror, you’ve hopefully taken some time to reflect on what went well this year and where you’d like to make some improvements for next year.
One area that many organizations report wanting to improve is how they engage their board both for…
With Giving Hearts Day in full swing, it can be easy to get swept up in the day-to-day responsibilities that come with executing what, for many organizations, is their biggest fundraising campaign of the year. Whether you’re an executive director moonlighting as a fundraiser or a development director leading a…
There are many reasons for a young professional to consider board service — but whatever the motivation, our regional nonprofits are in need of the perspective of the next generation
Most boards are aware of their fiduciary duties: Duty of Obedience, Duty of Loyalty, and Duty of Care. Administrative matters consume about 80% of the time of low-to average-performing nonprofits.
What began as a friendship between two “hockey moms” soon turned into a joint effort to help families emerging from homelessness in Fargo-Moorhead through Down Home.
For your board to be as effective as possible, each director needs to possess the ability and willingness to communicate civilly and courageously to impact culture and solve challenges.
High Impact Boards coach, Dan Jacobson explains why investing in your board is essential to take your organization to the next level and why dashboards are such an important part of getting there.
Before you begin the actual planning process, take the time to narrow the scope and focus as much as possible. There are three main buckets for strategic planning.
Dakota Children’s Advocacy Center Executive Director, Paula Condol, shares how she is using the IMPACT framework with her Board of Directors to maximize impact
A dashboard isn’t worth much if it’s not measuring the right things. Thoughtful strategic planning is so important with the board and staff being meaningfully involved.
Hospice of the Red River Valley CEO, Tracee Capron, on why she’s never afraid to ask for help, and how cultivating relationships with her board has made a difference.
Measuring the health of an organization can be done by developing a set of performance metrics we at Impact Foundation refer to as an organizational dashboard.
