We are long overdue in having a common set of ethical principles for charities and I am confident that they will set in motion important changes in many institutions. I have asked The Land Trust Alliance staff team to ensure that our next version of the Land Trust Standards and Practices is in full compliance with your national principles. In addition, I have compared our internal practices to the principles. While we score well, we still have room for improvement and will address those areas during our next board meeting.

Rand Wentworth
President
Land Trust Alliance

On behalf of United Cerebral Palsy, we endorse the Principles, will adopt them, and will encourage all of our affiliates to use them. Our Board of Trustees has asked to have them presented again in depth at an upcoming meeting and will discuss ways we can advocate for their adoption in every arena where we have contacts. We have already forwarded the Principles to the leadership of the disability sector standards and accreditation organizations.

Stephen Bennett
President and Chief Executive Officer
United Cerebral Palsy

We at the Center on Philanthropy will put these principles into practice ourselves and will introduce students in our courses and workshops to the Principles in an effort to have them understand the value of self-regulation and building trust in the nonprofit sector.

Eugene R. Tempel
Executive Director
The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University

We certainly endorse the Panel’s Principles. We will cite them in detail in a new Iowa Board Governance monograph and give notice of them in our Quarterly Newsletter.

Willard Boyd
Founder
Larned A. Waterman Iowa Nonprofit Resource Center
University of Iowa

We are pleased that the principles issued by the Panel on the Non-Profit Sector track very closely with the BBB Wise Giving Alliance Standards for Charity Accountability. Having reached such a result, the Panel affirms the efforts that thousands of non-profits have already taken to demonstrate their accountability. We join in encouraging board and staff leaders of every charitable organization to examine these principles carefully and determine how best they should be applied to their own operations.

H. Art Taylor
President and CEO
BBB Wise Giving Alliance

Like the [Panel’s Final (2005) and Supplemental (2006)] Reports, the Principles are going to be very very useful documents for educating clients, identifying best practices, facilitating discussions within organizations and boards as well as among practioners and commentators. I commend you for this significant effort.

Scott Harshbarger
Senior Counsel to the Firm
PROSKAUER ROSE LLP

The Principles for Good Governance and Effective Practice issued by the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector set forth the high standard of governance and ethical practice that we strive for at AARP. As we consider how to apply these principles within our own organization, we would also encourage other nonprofits to do the same. Enhancing the public good requires keeping the public’s trust. These principles provide a roadmap for all nonprofits in achieving that goal.

William D. Novelli
Chief Executive Officer
AARP

As a member of the Panel, it was my privilege to be actively engaged in and supportive of these standards for self-regulation. They represent the high standards we all seek to maintain public trust in our sector, while providing each organization the ability to adapt these standards as they seem most appropriate.

Steve Gunderson
President and CEO
Council on Foundations