Standards for Excellence Accreditation Manager Melissa Sines was a featured speaker at the 2014 BoardSource Leadership Forum in Washington D.C. on October 9-10. Learn about her session topic, Standards for Excellence: Focus on Leadership, from herrecent post on BoardSource’s blog.The Standards for Excellence session at this year’s BLF introduced organizational leaders to a proven set of benchmarks that will help them assess their capacity, leadership, and accountability. Participants utilized an[…]

Watch Chris Grudner, CEO of Replication Partner Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement, give talk at TEDx Wilmington."Modern Nonprofit Board Governance - Passion Is Not Enough!"[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIF9yJVldwQ&w=560&h=315][…]

The Standards for Excellence Institute would like to congratulate several organizations who recently earned or renewed their accreditation under the Standards for Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector: The Horizon Foundation, Columbia, MD Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations (PANO), Harrisburg, PA Delaware Alliance for Nonprofit Advancement (DANA), Wilmington, DE Light of Truth Center, Baltimore, MD[…]

The following piece was originally published on September 9, 204 at GuideStars's blog at trust.guidestar.org.With interest and a bit of nostalgia, I read Jacob Harold’s recent post on this blog, “Celebrating Our Past, Looking to Our Future.”Now, there is a new feature on the GuideStar site. Under the External Perspectives tab on each organization’s profile, GuideStar visitors can view Third Party Ratings, Accreditations, and Awards. Here, potential donors, volunteers, and others interested in[…]

Amy Coates Madsen, Director of the Standards for Excellence Institute, is one of several “stellar practitioners in their chosen fields” at Tidewater Community College's Academy for Nonprofit Excellence.“I love the classes; they’re wonderful. I knew enough about being a volunteer, but not the nitty-gritty. It’s a business,” says Academy student Melia Trost, founder of Samantha Makes It A Little Easier, Inc.In September, the Academy will receive the National Council for Continuing Education &[…]

We are pleased to bring you this article from Susan Detwiler, Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant. Whether or not your board acts like a team may actually depend on whether you’ve told them they are.There’s great research  out now that proves that teams are more productive when they’re told they’re working together.  In the research, small groups of people met, were then separated and each individual was given tasks to complete. Individuals in one group (the “Together” group) were told[…]

The Standards for Excellence Institute is pleased to announce that its Director, Amy Coates Madsen, has been appointed to the Internal Revenue Service’s Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT). Amy officially joined the ACT Panel on June 11, 2014. She was one of two appointees to the exempt organizations sub-committee. The ACT includes external stakeholders and representatives who deal with employee retirement plans; tax-exempt organizations; tax-exempt bonds; federal,[…]

We are pleased to bring you this Sealholder Profile, written by Standards for Excellence intern Tammy McCubbin. Tammy is presently working towards a Master of Science degree in Human Services Administration from University of Baltimore, Coppin State University.The Maryland-DC Campus Compact (MDCCC) is a membership association of public, private, 2-year and 4-year colleges and universities. Initiated in 2008, MDCCC mobilizes the collective commitment and capacity of higher education to actively[…]

Nonprofit Business Advisor, one of the leading industry newsletters that provides practical guidance on current issues and best practices for operations, fundraising, and compliance, featured the Standards for Excellence Institute and the enhanced Code of Ethics in its August Newsletter. Read the full piece here. […]

The Standards for Excellence Institute would like to congratulate several organizations who recently earned or renewed their accreditation under the Standards for Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector: Chrysalis House, Baltimore, MD Maryland-DC Campus Compact, Frederick, MD i2E, Oklahoma City, OK US Lacrosse, Baltimore, MDWe would also like to congratulate the following organizations who have earned their recognition under the Standards for Excellence[…]