For Charities
BoardMatch™ Introduction for Charities
There are more than 75,000 registered charities in Canada. Each charity depends on a dedicated board of directors to govern and guide the organization towards achieving its goals and make a positive impact in the community.
How do you grow your charity? How do you engage different perspectives? How do you continue to challenge yourself? A great board of directors will shape and lead your organization with confidence.
To help your charity become stronger and more diverse, register with BoardMatch. BoardMatch helps charities find energetic, engaged and professional individuals seeking leadership opportunities outside their work lives. Assemble a board of directors with the varied professional skills that your organization needs for financial oversight, maintain healthy operations, develop strategies and plan for the future. Register your organization with BoardMatch today.
The value of expanding your board search beyond your immediate networks
Diversity of thought
Marketing your organization to potential clients and donors
Diversity and inclusion
Professionalism
Fresh ideas
Expand the board’s skill set
Why recruit to your Board of Directors with BoardMatch™?
Professional candidates with a range of skills and experience including finance, accounting, marketing, law and fundraising.
Candidates specifically interested in contributing in leadership roles.
Candidates who already have an understanding of the role and responsibilities of not-for-profit board of directors.
BoardMatch Leaders Alumni have additional knowledge of the non-profit sector and what it takes to be effective from day one.
Candidates with supportive employers who encourage volunteerism with time off and donations.
Our candidates Include
Employees from Major Corporations
Individuals from top accounting and consulting firms
Entrepreneurs
Product and technology professionals
Marketing and communications experts
Lawyers
Non-profit leaders
Board Development & Consulting
Helping Canadian charitable board leaders reach exceptional levels of performance in never changing, legal, budgetary and service environment.
Altruvest works collaboratively with each client board to reach specific, mutually agreed upon goals. Services include:
- Coaching for new boards on the foundational aspects of leadership performance and good governance policies to meeting management.
- Training in specific subject areas including: recruiting and selecting new board members, fundraising, board and staff relations, communications within the board, financial reporting, strategic planning, succession planning, risk management, board structure and good governance, volunteer management and stewardship, charitable law, impact measurement, diversity and policy and procedures.
- Facilitating board strategy sessions and orientations.
- Coach Executive Directors on how to effectively work with their boards.
- Custom search for new board of directors, with an emphasis on board executive positions.
Please contact Susan Dunne for more information and a quotation: sdunne@altruvest.org.