Charitable Nonprofit Board Training Videos

The Charitable Trusts Unit is making available free board training videos for board members of New Hampshire nonprofit organizations. There are three training videos on the following topics:

• Video 1: Definition of a charity and paperwork obligations under state and federal law
• Video 2: The fiduciary duties of nonprofit board members
• Video 3: Board best practices and immunities

 Municipal Trustee Training

Training videos for municipal trustees of trust funds, including videos on how to complete the MS-9 and MS-10 forms, are available on our Municipal Trustee Training page.

Additional Training and Resources

CTU Resources:

• Guidebook for New Hampshire Charitable Nonprofit Organizations
• Pecuniary Benefit Transactions
• Top Five Deficiencies in Annual Reports
• Starting a Charity
• Roadmap to Registration
• Top Five Deficiencies in Registration Applications
• Guidance Regarding Endowments
• Community Benefit Guidebook
• Guidelines for Fundraising for an Individual
• Guidelines for Police & Firefighters Relief Organizations

External Resources—New Hampshire:
(Views expressed in these resources are those of their author and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Justice or the Charitable Trusts Unit)

• New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits
• Volunteer NH
• GoodWork Nonprofit Incubator
• So you want to set up a charity?
• Summary of key points for creating and operating public charities in New Hampshire
• Internal Controls for Small Nonprofits

Sample Governing Documents and Policies—New Hampshire:
(These documents are made available for use by their author, Kate Miller, of the law firm of Donahue, Tucker & Ciandella, PLLC. They are the work of their author and not of the Charitable Trusts Unit. Charities are encouraged to work with legal counsel or other professionals to ensure that their governing documents are suited to the needs of their organization.)

• Sample Articles of Agreement
• Sample Bylaws
• Sample Conflict of Interest Policy
• Sample Conflict of Interest Policy Acknowledgement
• Sample Document Retention Policy
• Sample Whistleblower Protection Policy
• Sample Organizational Meeting Minutes
• Sample Waiver of Meeting Notice
• Sample Secretary Certification for Bank
• Sample Declaration of Trust

External Resources—National:
(Views expressed in these resources are those of their author and are not necessarily the views of the Department of Justice or the Charitable Trusts Unit)

• “Stay Exempt” IRS resources
• IRS Tax Exempt Organization Workshop
• Boardsource
• Guidestar
• Independent Sector
• Nonprofit Times
• Nonprofit Quarterly
• The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Contact the Charitable Trusts Unit at CharitableTrustsUnit@doj.nh.gov with any questions.