Gail Perry-Should You Adopt Give or Get Policy for Your Nonprofit Board?

By Gail Perry

Should you have a minimum for all board members to give? Should you … could you … implement this policy? I work with a lot of boards all around, and I have to say that the highest-performing boards I've seen do.

If you are considering this as an expectation for your board, ponder these questions:

1. Would it be considered heavy-handed?
If you are a smaller organization with a grassroots board, this policy may come across as imposing and inappropriate. You may alienate some board members if this feels forced upon them.

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Gail Perry Author's page Gail believes in parties first, rabble-rousing second, and having fun while changing the world. Gail Perry CFRE is an international fundraising coach, speaker, trainer and thought-leader. She is a leader in a new breed of fundraisers who are on the cutting edge of fundraising today. Her Fired-Up Fundraising approach, developed over the past 25 years as a nonprofit philanthropy expert, has helped organizations raise hundreds of millions in gifts. Gail's practical and refreshing approach to raising money in today's world is based on the very latest innovative fundraising strategies. An inspirational and popular speaker, she leads energizing fundraising workshops and board retreats around the globe. She particularly enjoys working with nonprofit board members, introducing them to a new perspective on fundraising and ways they can be successful at it. Gail's book, Fired-Up Fundraising, has been called the "gold standard guide to building successful fundraising boards." Gail got her start in fundraising at Duke University, and then went on to lead fundraising at the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. You can read Gail's weekly blogs at FiredUpFundraising.com, and also find her provocative articles at FundraisingSuccess, Guidestar, and Capital Campaign Magic.

Should You Adopt a 'Give or Get' Policy for Your Board?