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Do you have samples of organizations restructuring their governance?

The examples that we have all involve multiple organizations that restructure their governance as part of what we call a "strategic restructuring" effort - i.e., a merger with another organization, the creation of a parent/subsidiary structure, the creation of a new organization for either administrative (MSO) or programmatic (joint venture) purposes and may be "overseen" by more than one founding organization, etc. For examples of these processes, you can take a look at the Case Study section of this website, or the case studies in the following publications:

• Strategic Restructuring: Findings from a Study of Integrations and Alliances Among Nonprofit Social Service and Cultural Organizations in the United States, by Amelia Kohm, David La Piana and Heather Gowdy.

• Nonprofit Strategic Alliance Case Studies: Lessons from the Trenches, by John A. Yankey, Amy McClellan and Barbara Wester Jacobus. Cleveland, Ohio: Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations, 2001, 72 pp.

If you are looking for examples of individual nonprofits that restructure their own governance, contact BoardSource - they have many excellent resources on nonprofit governance, and have recently been doing research into alternative governance structures. Their website is www.boardsource.org.