Web Links - Governing Good

Here are some of my favourite resource links.

Here are 20 videos (about 4 minutes each) and accompanying print resources. An excellent resource for any non-profit group looking at improving their governance.

A nonprofit online magazine for community nonprofits. In my opinion this is one of the best sources of advice around. Their Board Cafe blog is particularly useful.

It is hard to describe Canada’s Charity Village website except as a mish mash of things. It has been around a long time. There are some good authored leadership articles on the site if you can find them. Many are over 10 years old but still hold up. I have referenced many in my posts. There is no real search capability for the resources that are there. A standout Charity Village resource is the annual Canadian Nonprofit Sector Salary and Benefits Report.

CPA Canada have developed a number of great resources for non-profit boards including guides on risk management and the board’s role in HR management.

The Philanthropist is an online quarterly journal for leaders, scholars, supporters and others engaged with non-profits and charities in Canada. Articles tend to focus on larger sector issues.

This is Imagine Canada’s library of resources available to charities and non-profits from a wide range of sources including Governing Good. The link here is to governance resources. Imagine Canada is the national body most focused on charitable fundraising and the public policy environment affecting the sector.
Note: This site has not been maintained by Imagine Canada so some of the sources listed or links provided are out of date.

I have lost count of the times a internet search has pointed me to this resource. Subtitled “Tools to Change the World” it has been continuously in development since 1994. This resource has 46 succinct chapters including ones on strategic planning, advocacy, leadership, group facilitation and organizational structures. It is a service of the Work Group for Community Health and Development of the University of Kansas in the U.S.A. A great example of what an academic institution can do to enhance community access to practical knowledge.

Here is a new (January 2023) Canadian resource, a project of the Ontario Nonprofit Network and Ignite. It bills itself as a “virtual hub for nonprofits to explore innovative approaches to their governance.” This site will be of help to boards and EDs who can make some space to reflect, that is, can set aside, at least momentarily, routine meeting agendas and reports. Its about big picture thinking focusing on how to expand the practice of governance beyond the board.