The Basics of Bylaws, Policies, and Procedures: The legal anatomy of nonprofits is a free workshop offered as part of our series of educational webinars on topics of interest to your nonprofit organization's management, board members, and staff.

To assist you on your journey to learn more about nonprofit bylaws, policies, and procedures, we have collected the workshop slides and the recording of the most recent webinar.

At the heart of every nonprofit and charity organization lies its bylaws, policies, procedures - and its incorporation or charity status. These foundational legal frameworks govern what nonprofits can do and what rules they must follow, and so it’s crucial to understand their inner workings.

This workshop covers: the differences, limits, and relationships between bylaws, policies, procedures, and your nonprofit’s incorporation or charity status; common bylaw elements and the basics of managing, drafting, and changing your bylaws; and, the limitations of your governing rules as it applies to organizations under a variety of nonprofit and charity legislation.

Recording

Watch the recording of the most recent presentation of The Basics of Bylaws, Policies, and Procedures (January 16, 2025)