Why Board Engagement in Advocacy is Essential

We ask a lot of nonprofit boards of directors. We want them to be deep thinkers about strategy and mission, vigilant providers of oversight, rainmaking fundraisers for our work ... the list goes on.

But where some have called for a narrowing of the board’s scope, today BoardSource did the exact opposite. With the release of a new edition of Ten Basic Responsibilities of Nonprofit Boards, we have formalized the expectation that advocacy is an essential board responsibility.

This is not something that we take lightly. “Ten Basics” is widely considered to be the definitive resource on nonprofit board roles and responsibilities, and has sold more than 300,000 copies worldwide since it was first released in 1988.