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NONPROFIT NEWS

The Standards for Excellence® was included in BoardSource's Timeline of Nonprofit Governance over the last 20 years as one of the significant publications since 1988. See the Governance timeline>>

Recent article in the Philadelphia Inquirer focuses on Standards for Excellence® as a program to help nonprofits maintain best practices>>

Navigating Tough Conflict of Interest Situations: Conflicts of interest are inevitable. Don’t let them derail your organization.>> (PDF)
Article by Amy Coates Madsen, Program Director, Standards For Excellence Institute®, published in the January/February 2009 issue of Nonprofit World.

Standards for Excellence Institute® welcomes Darryl A. Jones, Sr. - New Chief Executive Officer
We are thrilled to announce that Darryl A. Jones, Sr. has joined us as our new chief executive officer. Most recently, Jones has served as the chief executive officer of Communities in Schools of the Nation’s Capital.  He assumed this position as CEO of the Standards for Excellence Institute® and the Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations on November 3, 2008. 
Prior to Jones’s tenure with CIS of the Nation’s Capital, he held leadership roles with the National Crime Prevention Council, The Village Foundation, and the National Law Enforcement Integrity Institute.  Jones began his professional life as a police officer with the Prince George’s County Police Department, rising to posts including president of the local police union and the Maryland State Fraternal Order of Police.

Nonprofits are priceless public assets
The Delaware Association of Nonprofit Agencies recently partnered with the Standards for Excellence Institute® to begin offering the standards program throughout Delaware. Based on the principles of honesty, integrity, fairness, respect, trust, compassion and responsibility, this program sets 55 performance standards for nonprofits to meet. Over the next year, DANA will offer training for nonprofits to implement the standards. Read full article>>

City of San Diego Request for Proposal cites Standards for Excellence®: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector. The City of San Diego recently issued a Request for Proposal to conduct a professional performance audit of a large city nonprofit.  Successful bidders for this  performance audit are required to "determine if organizational goals are being achieved by using the national "Standards for Excellence®: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector... as criteria in assessing the performance of the organization." 

Review of the Standards for Excellence® in Vantage Point
In the June 2008 issue of Vantage Point, Volunteer Vancouver's newsletter, Brian Fraser reviews the Standards for Excellence®: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector.
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New National Model Employee Handbook

The Standards for Excellence Institute® is pleased to announce the availability of the new, national model employee handbook. This handbook contains polices that you can adapt to your own organization. Notes are also included on how to revise and customize the Handbook to meet your particular needs. The notes discuss the legal requirements in certain policy areas and suggest what your organization can do to ensure compliance. The handbook is available free to Institute members to download in pdf format from the Members-only portion of the Standards for Excellence Institute website.

If you want to edit the Handbook without retyping, Institute members may also purchase the Word version of the national model employee handbook for a fee of $100. If you are interested in purchasing a copy, please download this order form and send it with payment to the Standards for Excellence Institute, Attn: Amy Coates Madsen, 190 West Ostend Street Suite 201 Baltimore, MD 21230

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