Board Manual - Sample Contents

1. Organization Mission Statement

2. List of Board Members — Names, addresses, short biographies

3. Board Member Job Description

4. By-laws

5. Organizational Chart

6. Committee List with assignments of all board and staff members.

7. Strategic Plan, including Goals, Objectives and Committee Work Plans

8. Operating Policies of the Board

9. Confidentiality Statement

10. Short History of the Organization

11. Minutes for the last year

12. Staff Job Descriptions, presented in brief outline form

13. List of Programs, with descriptive data

14. Budget

15. Audited Financial Statements for the previous year.

14. Sources of Funding

15. Friends of the Organization, including Advisory Council, Ex-Officio Members, Key Volunteers.

16. Glossary of Terms