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Board Responsibilities & Structure

Help The Takeoff Institute improve the effectiveness of their board by clarifying its role(s), structure and function in itself and in relation to their organization.
The Takeoff Institute
Cambridge, MA, USA
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Posted April 3rd

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Project details

What we need
  • Document outlining relationship of board to your organization, including its role, responsibilities, and structure
  • Document defining the roles and responsibilities of individual board members, including empty seats if applicable
Additional details

We have a group of folks dedicated to being part of the board, but we haven't properly activated them and made the board a supportive part of our scaling efforts.

What we have in place
  • We currently have board members selected and ready to engage, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have additional folks interested in joining if we see need, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $7,248 , allowing us to continue managing the org on a small budget so that we can focus on bringing in full time support.

We are starting to formalize the org and its time to get folks in place who want to help us take it to the next level. Our board needs to be held accountable in helping us scale and grow the org.

Project plan

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Prep: Current Materials
  • Volunteer Manager provides overview of the current function and purpose of the board
  • Volunteer Manager shares current or past board role and responsibility descriptions, if any, as well as relevant materials such as internal policies and procedures already in place
  • Volunteer receives a list of relevant executive management to interview or survey, if applicable
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Milestone 1: Research & Brainstorming
  • Volunteer connects with Volunteer Manager for brainstorming session to determine organization's needs, board engagement goals, and any missing roles
  • Volunteer interviews executive management, if applicable
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Milestone 2: Draft
  • Professional develops and submits draft clearly identifying board and individual board member roles and responsibilities, function, and structure to Volunteer Manager for review
  • Volunteer Manager provides feedback on Volunteer's suggestions
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Milestone 3: Final Document
  • Professional incorporates feedback into final draft of documents
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About the org

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Brian H
Brian H.

Founder & CEO

Our mission

The Takeoff Institute is on a mission to democratize resources, mentorship and financial literacy for the black undergraduate population. We are built for black people, by black people, and have a deep understanding of the skills and training necessary to equip the future leaders of America that exist across our community. Our goal is to have every black student use this platform at some point in their academic journey, and return to it someday attesting that they built skills along the way that mattered greatly in the real world.

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