“We cannot fundraise our way out of government
cutbacks!!! Board members whose organizations serve low income and
disadvantaged populations must advocate for the clients they serve.”
-Chuck Loring, BoardSource Senior Governance Associate
& Senior Partner; Loring Sternberg, Associates
Chuck Loring is an expert in Board Governance and
Fundraising. He is a former nonprofit
CEO and a leading nonprofit consultant (full disclosure – he is also a friend).
I think that Chuck’s words here are a rally cry for every
Board member of every nonprofit organization in America. And, in fact, he is part of a real rally.
The rally is
called Stand For Your Mission. It is a campaign which
calls on all nonprofit decision-makers to stand for the organizations they
believe in by actively representing their missions and values, and creating
public will for important policy changes.
It is a collaborative effort initiated by the Alliance for Justice,
BoardSource, the Campion Foundation, the Forum of Regional Associations of
Grantmakers, the Knight Foundation, and the National Council of Nonprofits, the
campaign seeks to unleash the full potential of nonprofits to advance their
missions by engaging board leaders more directly in the advocacy work of their
organizations.
Some
of the goals include:
*Bring
about a sustainable shift in the understanding and expectations around board
engagement in advocacy
*Move
advocacy from an ancillary to an essential role for all board members
*Strengthen
our collective ability to advance the public good
Check
out their web site and see how you and your Board can be involved. We all need to be even stronger advocates for
our causes regarding public policy so we make even more of a Mission Impact.
For more ideas on how you can lead
breakthroughs in your organization, follow this blog and check out my web site
at www.SheehanNonprofitConsulting.com
You will find free resources you can download, including a Breakthrough
Strategy Workbook that you can download at no cost. You can also check out my book, Mission
Impact: Breakthrough Strategies for
Nonprofits, and buy it if you are interested.
And you can follow Sheehan Nonprofit Consulting on Facebook.
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