Melanie Herman & George L. Head 
Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations 
A Comprehensive Guide

Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations explains and defines risk
management, especially as it applies to nonprofits. It provides
comprehensive guidance on such topics as identifying risk,
prioritising risk, selecting appropriate risk management
techniques, implementing risk management techniques, monitoring
risk management, and financing.

* Includes diagrams of the risk management cycle and dimensions of
risk graphic

* The nature of these unique risks and the special challenges
facing a nonprofit that embarks on a risk management program will
also be addressed.

* Written by two leaders at the Nonprofit Risk Management Center, a
management assistance organization that provides informational
resources, technical assistance, and training to an estimated
20, 000 nonprofits annually

Table of Content

PART I: MANAGING RISK IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR.

Chapter 1: The Nature and Purposes of Risk Management.

Chapter 2: Recognizing the Context for Risk Management.

PART II: UNDERSTANDING THE GENERAL RISKS FACING NONPROFIT
ORGANIZATIONS.

Chapter 3: Property Risks.

Chapter 4: Income Risks.

Chapter 5: Liability Risks.

Chapter 6: People Risks.

Chapter 7: Reputation and Mission Risks.

Chapter 8: Managing Volunteer Risks.

Chapter 9: Governance and Fiduciary Risks.

Chapter 10: Managing Risks Related to Serving Vulnerable
Populations.

Chapter 11: Managing the Risks of Transporting Clients.

Chapter 12: Managing Collaboration Risk.

PART III: RISK FINANCING FOR NONPROFITS.

Chapter 13: Fundamental Objectives and Alternatives for Risk
Financing.

Chapter 14: Working with Insurance Professionals.

Chapter 15: Insurance.

Epilogue: A Risk Management Decalogue.

Glossary.

Bibliography.

Resource Organizations.

Index.

About the author

MELANIE L. HERMAN is the executive director of the Nonprofit Risk
Management Center, a management assistance organization that
provides informational resources, technical assistance, and
training to an estimated 20, 000 nonprofits annually. Before her
appointment as CEO of the Center in 1996, she served on the senior
management team at the National Legal Aid and Defender Association,
where she directed the association’s development, membership,
and communications activities. She has authored and coauthored more
than a dozen books on risk management in nonprofit organizations.

GEORGE L. HEAD, Ph D, holder of several professional designations
in insurance, safety, and risk management, has been a risk
management educator for over thirty years. Since retiring from an
award-winning career at the American Institute for Chartered
Property Casualty Underwriters, he continues to write, consult, and
serve as a Special Advisor with the Nonprofit Risk Management
Center in Washington, D.C.

PEGGY M. JACKSON, DPA, CPCU, is a founding partner of Fogarty,
Jackson & Associates in San Francisco. She has coauthored three
previous book s on risk management in nonprofit organizations.

TONI E. FOGARTY, Ph D, is an Associate Professor in the Human
Resources and Organization Development program at the University of
San Francisco, where she teaches courses in organizational behavior
and change, research methods, data analysis, and business
fundamentals. She is also a general partner and CFO with Fogarty,
Jackson & Associates in San Francisco.