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Arkansas: ACE Diamond Standards

Arkansas Coalition for ExcellenceThe ACE Diamond Standards™ provide the foundation for learning and for equipping nonprofit organizations to achieve their highest potential.

Colorado: Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Colorado

Colorado Nonprofit AssociationThe Colorado Nonprofit Association has developed Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Colorado, a guidebook detailing nine principles and 120 practices to help Colorado nonprofits assess and strengthen their work.

Connecticut: Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Connecticut

Connecticut Association of NonprofitsCoinciding with its 30th anniversary, CT Nonprofits published Principles and Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Connecticut.

This document has three intended purposes:

  1. Provide individual organizations striving for excellence with a tool to evaluate nonprofit organizations
  2. To support the growth and quality of the sector
  3. To increase public understanding of the role and contributions of the nonprofit sector

Delaware: Standards for Excellence

DANA is proud to partner with the Standards for Excellence Institute® to offer the Standards for Excellence Program® to the nonprofit sector in the State of Delaware. 

Illinois: Nonprofit Principles and Best Practices

Donors ForumA key part of the Public Trust Initiative is the Illinois Nonprofit Principles and Best Practices. The principles, originally published in 2005, cover a wide range of important issues -- including board governance, legal compliance, responsible stewardship, and communication -- and go beyond the federal, state, and local laws.

Louisiana: Standards for Excellence

The Louisiana Standards for Excellence describe how the most well-managed and responsbily governed nonprofit organizations should, and do, operate.

Maine: Guiding Principles & Practices for Nonprofit Excellence in Maine

Maine Association of NonprofitsThe Guiding Principles & Practices program from the Maine Association of Nonprofits is designed to help nonprofits evaluate and improve all aspects of their organizational performance. This program focuses on eleven principles and practices proven to help create stronger, more successful nonprofit organizations.

Maryland: Standards for Excellence®

Maryland NonprofitsThe Maryland Nonprofits Standards for Excellence® Program is designed to promote excellence and integrity in nonprofit organizations. This program has also been replicated in a number of states.

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