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PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Discussion
Increasingly, the public is holding board members legally and ethically
accountable for the actions or inactions of their organizations. Service on a
nonprofit board is no longer an honorary sinecure. Rather, there is growing
awareness that it entails legal obligations and responsibilities. Missteps could
land a board member in court or on the front page of a newspaper. As a result,
it is important for board members to be aware of the myriad levels of
accountability that apply to its operations. For VA-affiliated nonprofits, the
list is unusually long:
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Federal, state, and local government agencies
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Congress
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Internal Revenue Service
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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VA Inspector General
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VA Nonprofit Program Office
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Comptroller General
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Contributors: individual donors, granting institutions, other nonprofit
organizations
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NPC auditors
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Principal Investigators
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NPC employees
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The beneficiaries – the veterans
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Other VA-affiliated nonprofit organizations
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The general public
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