Guild Formation & Board Management How To’s
PDF Guides
- In this comprehensive booklet on the subject, you’ll learn why, when and how to formalize a volunteer opera support group. The booklet’s author is Don Dagenais, a longtime opera activist who has written about and consulted on opera volunteer matters. He has served as president of OVI and Lyric Opera of Kansas City and its guild.
- Written by Patte Comstock, whose experience in retailing has helped make Houston Opera’s boutique an important revenue source for the Guild, the booklet is packed with practical advice. Patte shares her expertise in this series of articles that can help improve the look – and the bottom line – of your volunteer-run shop.
Guides for Boards, Nonprofit Management & Meetings
BoardSource https://boardsource.org/
BoardSource is a fee-based membership organization that outlines practices intended to increase the effectiveness of nonprofit boards. Their website includes a free blog.
Their annual signature study, Leading with Intent, conducted biennially for the past 20 years, provides important information about current board composition, practices and performance, and charts important trends and changes in board leadership. The report is free to download.
Recommended Governance Practices is free to download as a pdf. This report includes BoardSource recommendations on the expectations for board member conduct to issues of oversight and reporting.
Guidestar https://www.guidestar.org/
Guidestar is a 501(c)(3) public charity that collects, organizes, and presents about every single IRS-registered nonprofit organization. The Guidestar blog offers numerous free articles with emphasis on fundraising and philanthropy.
Internal Revenue Service Tax Information for Charities & Other Non-Profits
The relevant tax information from the IRS