December 13, 1994

Charity Leaders Say Fund Raising Is Non-Profit Board Members' Chief Weakness

By Anne Lowrey Bailey

Inability to raise money is the major weakness of many charities' boards of directors, a new survey has found.

More than a quarter of 1,200 non-profit groups responding to a survey by the National Center for Nonprofit Boards listed fund raising as their boards' most significant weakness, while only 5 per cent listed fund raising as a board strength.

In addition, only 60 per cent of board members made a personal contribution to their organizations last year. That figure is a

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