Nonprofit Board Appreciation Ideas
Board members are your nonprofit’s mainstays. They make big decisions and delegate tasks that are mission-focused to staff. The importance of showing appreciation is that they contribute around 10 hours a month and serve for a minimum of three years.
If it’s a gift for a welcome or a special achievement award or a retirement celebration, recognizing your board members and their contributions is a crucial part of ensuring they feel valued for what they do for your organization. The ideal board member gift could be a fantastic opportunity for your non-profit to show how much it is concerned about them, and establish the tone for your relationship with them.
The perfect gift won’t just be a momentary token of gratitude–it’ll also act as a constant reminder of the impact that their work has had on your business. It doesn’t matter if they use the water bottle that you gifted them to drink from or the engraved wine tumblers that they keep their notes from meetings in your present will be remembered as a tangible symbol of your gratitude for their hard work.
School board members are crucial to your district and deserve recognition for their dedication to students. In honor of School Board Recognition Month (SBRM) in January, we have compiled suggestions for ideas that your school district could implement to recognize their dedicated trustees. You can download templates for free and other resources from KSBA. These resources can be used for an array of engaging activities to highlight your school board’s accomplishments and to reach out to more people.