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Board Assessment

Help Bayview Hunters Point Foundation gain an understanding of how their board is performing and how it could improve in areas like governance practices, stewardship, revenue generation, and executive management.
Bayview Hunters Point Foundation
San Francisco, CA, USA
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Posted October 10th

Board Assessment

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What we need
  • 1-2 page summary of takeaways and trends from interviewing key individuals (no more than 8 interviews total)
  • Identification of the board’s strengths and recommendations for areas of improvement for board members collectively and individually
Additional details

1. Strategic planning. We don't have a strategic plan.
2. Training for board members, and updated the bylaws.
3. Training the difference and boundaries between governance and ED roles.

What we have in place
  • We currently have nothing, which should make it easy for you to get started. We also have nothing, and the ability to provide any other information you need.
How this will help
This project will save us $8,773 , allowing us to purchase computers for a residential program for homeless families with children.

A strategic plan with help serve the purpose of helping our organization do a better job.
The board training and updating bylaws will help improve leadership collaboration and effective executive management.

Project plan

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Prep: Provide Current Materials
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with past reviews or board performance evaluations, if any
  • Volunteer Manager communicates an overview of board’s governance practices, stewardship, membership, revenue generation, and executive management
  • Volunteer Manager outlines 1-2 specific areas of focus for the evaluation
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Milestone 1: Research
  • Professional connects with Volunteer Manager for a brainstorming/overview session to better understand current situation and desired outcomes
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager mutually agree on key individuals to interview or survey (no more than 8 total, including Executive Director, Board Chair, select board members, and key staff)
  • Professional drafts survey and/or interview questions for the list created above
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Milestone 2: Interviews and Evaluation
  • Professional conducts surveys and/or interviews with mutually agreed upon list from above
  • Professional reviews any relevant materials regarding the board’s performance (e.g. bylaws, previous board reviews or assessments, previous or current strategic plans)
  • Professional synthesizes findings from surveys and/or interviews into a 1-2 page outline
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Milestone 3: Delivery of Board Assessment
  • Professional drafts a 1-3 page document outlining the overview and suggested areas of improvement based on their findings
  • Volunteer Manager reviews document
  • Professional delivers a finalized document and/or presentation to the Volunteer Manager, outlining their key findings and recommendations, including suggested areas of improvement
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Bayview Hunters Point Foundation
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Human services Health & nutrition Youth development
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Sharam K
Sharam K.

Executive Director

Our mission

The Mission of the Bayview Hunters Point Foundation for Community Improvement is to build a community that is empowered, clean, safe and healthy.

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