Expand / Board relationships
Open doors with purpose.
Use this worksheet to make board contribution concrete, relationship-centered, and aligned with the organization’s strategic priorities—not a vague request to “help fundraise.”
From goodwill to a specific, supported next move.
Each board member brings more than a personal gift. This framework offers six practical ways to contribute. Complete it together, then identify one action the organization can responsibly prepare and support.
Board Contribution Worksheet
Expertise · Partnership · Intelligence · Connection · Advocacy · Funding
Where can your expertise make the work stronger?
Consider professional skills, lived experience, sector knowledge, technical insight, or leadership perspective that could help a current priority.
Which relationships could be strengthened or developed?
Think about peer organizations, civic partners, funders, businesses, universities, or other collaborators where a well-prepared connection may add value.
What information can help the organization make a better decision?
Share insight on community trends, stakeholder needs, policy, market conditions, peer practices, or opportunities that leadership should understand.
Who could you thoughtfully introduce to the organization?
Connections work best when there is a clear purpose, an agreed message, and permission from both parties before an introduction is made.
How can you credibly advocate for the mission?
Identify a setting where a story, endorsement, invitation, or public voice can advance understanding and trust.
How can you help resource the work responsibly?
Consider personal giving, stewardship, prospect research, hosting, opening a door, or supporting a specific funding conversation—always with staff direction.
Choose one accountable next step.
Prioritize the action that is both useful to the organization and ready for follow-through in the next 30 days.