June 13, 2002
Charities Facing Crisis as Board Seats Go Unfilled
Nonprofit groups are facing a "critical shortage" of qualified candidates to serve on their boards of directors, according to a new study that is based in part on interviews with charity, civic, and corporate leaders from across the country.
Nearly 1.8 million board seats become available each year, fueled in part by a rapid growth in the number of new charities, which adds to a backlog of 1.2 million "standing openings" at nonprofit organizations, according to the study, which was
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