Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits: Passing the Torch to Sustain Organizational Excellence

E. Sample Board Evaluation Templates

Board Evaluation (Johnson 1986: 33 to 38)

This form is based on the excellent one produced in 1967 by the Association of Governing Boards and Universities, in Washington, D.C. The form shown here is a modification of the AGB form done by a state association of independent schools to make it apply more directly to schools; it is filled out by board members or anyone else concerned with evaluating the board’s performance.

For the purpose of stimulating your thought about how a board of trustees should work and how its operations might be improved, there are set forth next ten basic fields of trustee responsibility and activity. You are asked either to use this form as provided or to let it suggest to you alternative ...