Now that Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus will no longer be running the Grameen Bank, can Grameen survive?

Teach For America founder Wendy Kopp is stepping down as CEO but is becoming board chair. From a governance perspective, this transition includes some unusual dimensions.

A recent analysis takes nonprofit and public leaders to task for sitting on the boards of major soda companies. Is it a conflict of missions?

I want to direct your attention today to our feature, by Tom Scanlon. It provides some context and a challenge to the concept of strategic philanthropy.

Venture Theatre in Billings, Mont. is a small operation with outsized debt. The organization fired its executive, but where oh where was the board during all of this?

In a farewell memo after 40 years of service on the board of the Public Welfare Foundation, including 12 years as board chair, Thomas Scanlon addresses concerns with “strategic philanthropy.”

How should nonprofit boards approach the service of board members who are also public officials? This nonprofit in Menifee, Calif. offers a model of caution and transparency.

Board meetings require intentional design and good facilitation so that the board can do the work of governance without getting sidetracked by management stuff and other matters.

In a first-of-its-kind study, nonprofits report on their transactions with board members—some for the better and some for the worse.

Diversity on boards has to be good, right? So how is it that study after study suggests the opposite? A closer look at boards today reveals that exactly how we diversify makes all the difference.

Does governance only reside in the board? Most of us know that it is more widely held than that, but few really design their governance systems to make full use of the intelligence and energies of their stakeholders.

Do you know one when you see one? Initial research shows that there is a great deal of agreement about what makes a good board chair.

When Ohio State Sen. Sam Widener crafted an amendment that benefitted a nonprofit he helped found, was it a standard “pork” move or did he cross the line into conflict of interest territory?

Several insights into the world of nonprofit governance have emerged in recent years, yet much remains to be explored. This article discusses five areas for future inquiry.

In a reminder of the importance of strong fiscal stewardship, board members of the New York City-based nonprofit Educational Housing Services are held personally liable for a settlement payment of $1 million after attorney general’s report finds board “stunningly” negligent.

Chicago nonprofit boards appear to be less than fully diverse. Will they be forced to change?

Recently, I attended an event on governance and while I was there, I listened to a lot of stories about boards and executives.

Dear Dr. Conflict: My board has divided itself into factions, and there seems to be a war being waged in and outside of the boardroom. The thing is, I do not even really know what the issue is except that a few people seem to have gotten on each others’ last nerves…

Whether one’s starting point is a leadership transition, board development or strategy, case studies teach us to recognize and embrace the interrelated nature of these processes.

The news that the board of the Corcoran Gallery of Art is considering moving from its historic building and 115-year home near the White House meets local opposition in D.C.

In an editorial for the Times Leader, Patricia Mogan of the Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations, finds a few lessons for nonprofit boards in the Freeh Report.

Those looking for nonprofit governance leadership lessons will not find their template for improvement in the Freeh report on Penn State’s response to Jerry Sandusky’s sexual abuse.

When there are serious problems or scandals plaguing an organization, who takes responsibility?

Did you ever wonder why so many nonprofits were so reticent to speak out against Wall Street bankers during the heyday of the Occupy Wall Street movement? Check the bank’s charitable giving and decide for yourself.

It has been an eventful few days for the nonprofit in charge of the U.S. presence at the Olympic Games, which are now less than one month away from starting in London.

Phoenix-based nonprofit lawyer Ellis Carter has some brief but useful tips on when and how to use advisory boards that supplement the functions and skills of a nonprofit’s board of directors. 

The Ethicist weighs in on clashing interests, divided loyalties, and heavy-handed foundation behavior.

We often see stories about a nonprofit executive director, manager or board member who has embezzled from their organization, but how can nonprofits create a more ethical culture?

The author outlines the six steps to firing nonperforming board members.

We here at NPQ love the research that proves or disproves something we all "know." So here is an article by Robert D. Herman and David O. Renz entitled "Do Big Names Really Draw Big Bucks?"