Guiding Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Maine
About the Program
This comprehensive program is designed to help nonprofits evaluate and improve all aspects of their organizational performance.
Follow our step-by-step program which focuses on eleven principles and practices proven to help create stronger, more successful nonprofit organizations.
First -> P&P Self-Assessment Tool
See how your organization’s practices compare with the Guiding Principles and Practices. Take the online assessment designed to indicate which of your management practices are on par with sector standards, and which are not.
Second -> P&P Printables
With the results of your assessment in hand, Download the Guiding Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Maine along with the Basic Infrastructure Checklist. Circulate the results and the documents to your management team and your board of directors.

Our sincere thanks to Healey and Associates for their generous sponsorship of the Guiding Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Maine
Thank you to the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits for their generous sharing of information and experience. |
Third -> P&P Online
Dig deeper into the P&P program by visiting the online version of Guiding Principles & Practices complete with relevant resources, case studies, SkillBuilders, articles, tools,web links and templates.
Fourth -> Dirigo Awards for Nonprofit Excellence
Apply for one of our annual awards, given to the three Maine nonprofit organizations that have achieved significant results by utilizing ingenuity combined with sound management practices and principles.