The In-Between Nonprofit Boards

The Urban Institute released this 2008 study on board governance of small to mid-size nonprofits with the aim of helping those engaged with midsize nonprofits strengthen their boards. The discussion uses data on the subset of 1,862 midsize organizations in the Urban Institute National Survey of Nonprofit Governance, the first national representative study of nonprofit governance.

As Fund senior director of leadership and grantmaking Linda Wood explains in her foreword, the focus on this often overlooked cohort is critical, "as our sector continues to focus on stronger leadership as a pathway to improved performance of nonprofits."