Resource Library
The Center for Community Engagement offers resources for nonprofit boards and board leaders to enable them to adopt best practices in governance. This resource library offers a wide variety of articles, websites, and best practice models or templates. Many of the models have links to nonprofit organizations that are already employing them and are willing to share information on them.

To find information on what concerns you, browse the library through the category headings listed below. (You may also want to see an alphabetical listing of the resources currently online.)
Alphabetical Listing of ResourcesReturn to Resource Library Listings

Achieving Breakthrough Performance (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Advancing Good Governance
(The) Art of Board Development
(A) Better Way to Deal with the Leadership Crisis
Board Development
Boards of Midsize Nonprofits: Their Needs and Challenges
BoardSource
(The) Bridgespan Group
Building Leaderful Organizations: Succession Planning for Nonprofits
CCE Fact Sheet
Change Management: Strategies to Help Nonprofit Leaders Make the Most of Uncertain Times
(The) Chronicle of Philanthropy
CompassPoint
Failing to Govern? The Disconnect Between Theory and Reality in Nonprofit Boards, and How to Fix It
Federal Form 990 Revisions: A Move Toward Greater Transparency (Summary)
Federal Form 990 Revisions: A Move Toward Greater Transparency (Full Report)
Free Management Library: Free Tool Kit for Boards
Governance in Form 990
Governance Matters
Guide to NFP Advisory Boards
GuideStar
IRS 990 Information
(The) Leadership Deficit
Maine Association of Nonprofits
Making a Difference: Management & Governance of Nonprofit Enterprises - Board Committees
Managing in Tough Times: 7 Steps
Merging Wisely
More Bang for the Buck (Stanford Social Innovation Review)
Nonprofit Governance and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Nonprofit Leadership: Making a Difference
Nonprofit Management Education Center: Learner Resource Center
NYS Charities Bureau
Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practices
(The) Quiet Crisis: Impact of the Economic Downturn on the Nonprofit Sector
Ready to Lead: Next Generation Leaders Speak Out
Right From the Start: Responsibilities of Directors and Officers of Not-For-Profit Corporations
Succession Management Survey Report May 2008 (by CCE)
Supporting Next Generation Leadership
When a Business Leader Joins a Nonprofit Board