Board Governance

Nonprofit Board Governance Consulting

Clarify board and committee roles, executive compensation oversight, documentation, and implementation for nonprofit organizations.

Board Governance

Nonprofit Board Governance and Compensation Oversight

JER HR Group helps nonprofit boards establish practical governance and compensation-oversight processes, including:

  • Create Standing Board Committees with clear charters, delegated authority, meeting cadence, reporting expectations, and responsibilities that reflect each committee’s purpose.
  • Define Board Governance, including decision rights, conflicts procedures, accountability, documentation, and boundaries between board oversight and management execution.
  • Define and Refine Executive Committees so delegated authority, strategic responsibilities, escalation paths, and reporting to the full board are documented.
Board Consulting

Board Governance Consulting Projects

Project work is scoped to the organization’s governance model, executive compensation responsibilities, evidence needs, and implementation priorities. Typical initiatives include:
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Define or refine Compensation Committee authority, workflow, decision rights, meeting cadence, and reporting to the board.

02

Identify applicable IRS reporting and intermediate-sanctions considerations and coordinate legal or tax review when appropriate.

03

Compensation Strategy — Establish an executive compensation philosophy, define relevant labor-market references, and document how base pay and total compensation should relate to that market.

04

Compensation Mix — Define salary, incentive opportunities, benefits, and other compensation elements, together with the decision-makers responsible for each component.

05

Performance Goals — Establish organizational and individual measures for the chief executive, define the evidence used in review, and document how performance informs compensation decisions.

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Oversight — Establish a repeatable process for conflicts, comparability evidence, approvals, records, and monitoring, with qualified legal or tax advisers addressing organization-specific requirements.

Compensation Committee

Compensation Committee Support and Documentation

JER HR Group supports the Compensation Committee with market analysis, decision materials, and implementation documentation, including:

  • Explain compensation-study methodology, peer selection, findings, limitations, and implications for board decisions.
  • Prepare a formal summary of the review, conclusions, open questions, and recommended next steps.
  • Document the evidence, rationale, approvals, and implementation assumptions supporting recommended compensation changes.
  • Model the effect of proposed changes on salary, incentives, benefits, total compensation, and the organization’s budget.
Board Development

Board Development

In an ongoing effort to create and develop a Board that brings exceptional value to the organization, JER HR Group works with clients to evaluate board performance, and to recommend and/or implement board member training and education.

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning

JER HR Group utilizes a comprehensive planning approach to nonprofit strategic planning. We help define or refine the mission, vision, and value statements of the organization, identify and define long-term directions, and establish action plans to achieve those objectives.

Resources

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