Governance and Support Organizations Resources

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Succession Planning

The Alliance has compiled this set of succession planning resources from throughout the nonprofit and museum sector.

A Governance Framework for Leadership Succession Planning

The Arts Consulting Group and Arts Insights provide this handy framework for planning for leadership transitions.

Making Founder Successions Work

After an extensive, in-depth, quantitative study about founder transitions, The Safe Passage Project, was able to glean useful information about how keeping a founder involved and engaged might actually provide some tangible benefit to nonprofits.

Succession Planning for Nonprofits – Managing Leadership Transitions

The National Council of Nonprofits provides ten planning tips for a leadership transition.

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