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Nonprofit Board Effectiveness Toolkit

This powerful tool will provide great content for your next board of directors meeting or give you a refresher on board roles and responsibilities. Fill in your info below to download the Nonprofit Board Effectiveness Toolkit.

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Case Study: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Discover how Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh partnered with Alford Group to lead an inclusive strategic planning process—gathering input from over 3,400 stakeholders and developing a five-year plan to strengthen services, equity, and community impact.

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8 Strategies for Board Effectiveness in Times of Change

At its heart, board effectiveness and engagement is about leveraging your board’s resources, tapping into their unique talents, knowledge and experiences, so that your organization and leadership can advance your mission.

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Roadmap to Success: 7 Steps in Preparing Your Board for Fundraising

Learn how to lead your board through the fundraising process with this step-by-step guide.

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Client Spotlight: Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance’s New Children’s Garden

In the process of raising nearly $4 million dollars to build the Elizabeth Morse Genius Children’s Garden, the Alliance, with the guidance of Alford Group created a compelling case for support, affirmed their campaign timeline and goal milestones, identified their top campaign prospects and strategy, engaged key stakeholders and built a campaign toolkit.

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Five Practical Steps to Diversify Your Board of Directors

The focus of this blog is to provide practical steps for increasing the diversity of your board of directors. You’re certainly not alone if you’ve ever felt that you’d like to increase board diversity but don’t know how/where to start.

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