Tools and resources to assist organizations manage their activities.

• Voluntary Sector Insurance Toolkit

This insurance Toolkit for the Voluntary Sector is a practical guide developed to help voluntary sector organizations understand their insurance needs and navigate the complex process of finding their insurance needs and navigate the complex process of finding the appropriate insurance coverage. While the information is this toolkit is tailored to voluntary sector organization operating in Alberta, it can be used by nonprofit and charities across Canada..."
Voluntary Sector Insurance Toolkit, pg. 3 (2006), Alberta Voluntary Sector Sector Insurance Council

Voluntary Sector Insurance Toolkit (PDF Format)

• Should We Form a Board Committee?

For many voluntary organizations, committees are one of the ways important works gets done. They are seen as a way to involve people, share the work, and ensure that different perspectives are incorporated. There can be some disadvantages too. Committee meetings on top of board meetings is often one of the causes of “burn out” of volunteer directors and the prospect of many meetings makes it hard to recruit people to the Board in the first place.

This Document offers “Advice” or guidelines to Boards of Directors on when it is appropriate or necessary to set up a committee, what types of committees are common and what to expect from those committees.

Should We Form a Board Committee (PDF Format)

© 2006 Non-Profit Sector Leadership Program, Dalhousie University

• Accountability: A Sample Policy

A sample policy on accountability that can be used by non-profits as a basis for forming their own policy.

Accountability Policy (Word Format)

© 2000 Non-Profit Sector Leadership Program, Dalhousie University

• The Non-Profit Annual Report: The Basic Ingredients

An “Annual Report” is a document that outlines the activities of your organization over the past year and provides an outlook for the future. It is one important vehicle by which your organization can be proactive in demonstrating its accountability to members, stakeholders and the community. This document provides tips on what the essential contents of an annual report should be.

Non-Profit Annual Reports (PDF Format)

© 2002 Non-Profit Sector Leadership Program, Dalhousie University

• Do you need a financial management system

A survey on whether you need a financial management system.

• Board Liability

Link to resources on Envision re: Board Liability

• What is Financial Management?

A weblink describing financial management.


• Non-Profit Resource Centre

An American site providing resources for non-profits.

• NCCL Resource Library Links - Admin

A searchable site with laws, legal databases, publications on not-for-profit law, links to law and justice sites and to Canadian and provincial legislation.

• New Org - Start Up: What’s Incorporation

A fact sheet on incorporation.