BoardAssist is a New York-based nonprofit corporation with a clear mission: to identify and recruit high impact board members for the nonprofit community.

BoardAssist is one of the leading personalized board recruiting resources available to the nonprofit community. We offer New Yorkers who want to make a real change in the nonprofit world a wide selection of board options and advice on selecting the right one for them. Our nonprofit clients who seek board members range from start-up organizations to some of the most established names in the nonprofit community, and serve interest areas from arts and education to the environment and poverty relief. Though most BoardAssist clients are New York-based, they serve locally, nationally and internationally.

If you are an interested in learning more about becoming a true agent of change on a nonprofit board, please click the Giving Back button below (or contact us at info@boardassist.org, and we will send you a free copy of our new book: Giving Back). This book answers the Frequently Asked Questions many board candidates have and includes case studies of what others have accomplished on nonprofit boards. We hope it will motivate you to take the next step, and reach out to BoardAssist, so you can begin Giving Back by serving on a nonprofit board.

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