Technology is increasingly a key differentiator for nonprofit performance, from operational efficiency to better service of the community. Yet too few nonprofits have the technology resources they need to achieve their missions.
Board service is a high-potential lever for tech capacity-building in social sector organizations. By placing a tech leader on your board, you bring a unique technology perspective to board conversations, add to your general business knowledge, and engage a valuable strategic technology planning partner to the CEO. Making technology risk and opportunity a regular topic at the highest levels of leadership can transform an organization, driving mission success and building greater support for the community.
Board.Dev is a community of purpose-driven tech and nonprofit leaders who are committed to building tech capacity and enhancing technology governance in the nonprofit sector.
As part of our mission, we connect tech leaders with nonprofit boards, helping to transform nonprofit technology capacity and power mission success. Our placement service goes beyond a match to ensure board leader success, including defining and sourcing and preparing the right mission-focused tech leaders from across industries; making connections; and providing matched tech leaders and nonprofits with training, resources, and ongoing support to leverage best practices in technology governance.
Tech-specific matching
Nonprofits are connected with tech leaders that match their mission and objectives. Board.Dev provides resources to guide the interview and alignment processes for the nonprofit CEO, Board, and tech board member candidate.
Beyond training to managed results
To begin their service, tech leaders are trained on technical governance, complete a tech governance plan for their nonprofit, and present their recommendations to the board.
Peer community
Tech leaders join a community of peers providing ongoing learning and support for their tech board leadership journey.
Specific requirements will vary based on a nonprofit’s size and operating model, but most need some combination of:
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