Best Practices Partnership

Click here to see which NAM members are Best Practice Partners!!

WHAT IT IS

• Commitment to Guidelines & Principles
  
• Recognizes effort on the path to nonprofit excellence
• Declaration by your organization of legal compliance
• Self-monitored

BENEFITS

• Promotes continual dialogue among board and staff
• Sets your organization apart from others
• Logo on your website or print materials
• Your organization listed on our website
• Recognition at our annual Nonprofit Summit and Annual Membership Meeting

WHAT IT IS NOT

• Organizational Audit
• Monitoring/Policing
• Substitute for Legal Counsel

HOW TO BECOME A BEST PRACTICE PARTNER (Annual Renewal)

STEP 1:  NAM Membership

STEP 2:  Complete or update your organization's online assessment at least annually and discuss the resulting reports with your board of directors and key staff. If you are a NAM Member and have filled out the assessment previously, contact training@nonprofitam.org to recover prior responses.

STEP 3: Review your report and verify all items related to legal compliance have been rectified. All items marked [LEGAL] in the assessment should be marked as 'Yes" or 'N/A'. 

STEP 4:  Download, sign, and submit this Resolution to training@nonprofitam.org declaring your legal compliance and commitment to the Guidelines and Principles.

STEP 5: Renew annually by updating your Guidelines & Principles assessment.

CURRENT BEST PRACTICES PARTNERS

(Click "View Profile" below to learn more about each organization)