Board Governance Framework

In this section, you can learn about the Governance Framework, and download and use our sample documents to create a governance framework for your board.

Does your board govern through policy?

Policies are your board’s voice about what must be achieved and what boundaries must be respected.

Instead of making a decision every time an issue arises, your board “speaks once” through policy, and then staff use the policy’s underlying principles, expectations, values, and desired outcomes to guide their response.

Our governance framework is designed to help your board create a policy suite.