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BoardSource Board Responsibilities and Structures FAQs

BoardSource has been fielding governance-related questions posed by nonprofit leaders for over 30 years. Here are the answers to those questions most frequently asked about board responsibilities and structures.

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Strengthening Response in Real Time

This Rapid Response Report serves as a testimony to how Minnesota’s philanthropic ecosystem organized during a critical moment in state history. It offers vital lessons, structural insights, and

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Guide to Fiscal Sponsorship

As fiscal sponsorship continues to become a more widely used tool for charitable impact, it is important that 501(c)(3) organizations acting as a fiscal sponsor are doing it right.

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Immigrant Rapid Response Fund: Briefing Series

Between Christmas 2025 and February 2026, Operation Metro Surge brought roughly 2,000 federal immigration agents to the Twin Cities. More than 4,000 people were arrested. Two Minnesotans were killed.

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