BoardCQ™
The Change Readiness Index for Nonprofit Boards
Because your nonprofit board can't lead through change it's not ready for. Find out if your board is ready today.
Don't Let Uncertainty Derail Your Mission
Nonprofits are experiencing executive turnover, board leadership transition, shifts in giving patterns and donor expectations, regulatory changes, and the impacts of AI, climate change, and more… The rate of change will only continue to accelerate.
Will your board effectively lead change and lead through change, or will these changes cause unnecessary disruption and negative impact on your organization and those you serve? Most organizations don’t know how to assess their readiness for change.
BoardCQ™ - the first of it's kind change readiness index for nonprofit boards, can help.
Why BoardCQ™ Matters Now:
🟢It's the only objective measurement tool designed specifically for nonprofit boards
🟢You can't fix what you haven't measured
🟢Good intentions and occasional discussions aren't enough
🟢Your mission is too important for guesswork
WHO IS THE INDEX FOR?
Any nonprofit that wants a change-ready board who donors trust and staff rely on during critical transitions.
WHY NOW?
Waiting to prepare your board could put your mission - and the communities you serve - at risk.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
Actionable insights, expert-led briefings and recommendations that turn assessment into real board transformation.
HOW IS PROGRESS MEASURED?
Track progress across eight essential characteristics with our 6-month follow-up assessment.
Leveraged By Nonprofits Large and Small
How Does It Work?
BoardCQ™ measures board member ratings across eight key scales of change readiness.
The baseline report shows your board’s top three strengths and top three areas for improvement, along with actionable recommendations to ensure your board is change-ready, change-capable and change-resilient.
Who Is Involved?
Each board member and the organization's chief executive complete a 35-question survey, which takes an average of five minutes to complete. Their responses are rated across the eight characteristics of change-ready boards.
Ratings illustrate the board's strong characteristics and opportunities for development to improve the board's capacity to manage and lead through change.
Take our free 2-minute assessment for instant insight on your board’s change capability.
Upon completion, you'll receive a personalized video directly in your inbox.
“BoardCQ™ sparked critical conversations we might have otherwise overlooked. It highlighted key perspectives within our board, strengthening our readiness to tackle challenges together.”
Jenn Bell-Ellwanger, Board Chair of Maryland Reads
"Everything about BoardCQ™ is clear and easy to act on. The insight reflects more than just change readiness. It really helps me as a CEO understand whether my board is healthy or not.”
Cindy Eggleton, CEO, Brilliant Cities
"Board engagement is always a top priority in our annual nonprofit survey. BoardCQ™ gives boards and executive directors the actionable insight they need to address it by measuring board accountability, commitment, and engagement."
Sabrina Thornton, Creativity & Innovation Program Officer at T. Rowe Price Foundation
Why CSR?
We're on a mission to change the way organizations drive positive change and we count some of the best-known nonprofits and foundations, celebrated corporate leaders in sustainability and best places to work, and innovative municipal agencies among our clients.
Our vision is a world where organizations, and the people within them, evolve with ease to achieve increasing levels of innovation, sustainability, equity, inclusion and growth. We believe in the power of organizational change to transform communities.
When large organizations and legacy institutions become more innovative, equitable, sustainable, inclusive, healthier, and overall better places to work, the systems they operate in also change, and so does our world.