Expanding Nonprofit Board Fellows Programs At Top Business Schools


credit: JOHN MCCARRON

Nonprofit board fellows programs (NBFPs) enable graduate students to serve as board members and consultants for local nonprofits.

NBFPs match local nonprofits with MBA "fellows" who serve as non-voting board members.

Average cohort has 35 fellows, but sizes range from six to 10 in the smallest NBFP to 80+ in the largest (at University of Chicago's Booth School of Business)

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