This thorough volume offers up-to-date information and practical guidelines for board members and executives of nonprofit organizations large and small. Among the topics addressed are the historical roots of the voluntary sector in America, a complete discussion of the key responsibilities of nonprofit boards, suggestions for board organization, appropriate protocol for meetings, legal issues affecting nonprofit groups, and useful tools for self-assessment. This guide will be indispensable to the almost two million nonprofit organizations existing in the United States today.

Thomas J. Harvey is director of the Master of Non-profit Administration Program at the University of Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business. John E. Tropman is professor of human services management and organizational behavior at the University of Michigan.