Renton, Andrew Joseph2011-05-032011-05-0320112011-05-03http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3279Nonprofit organizations are a great value to society, fulfilling many social functions. In the past 25 years, the call for greater nonprofit accountability and performance evaluation has fueled an outpouring of resources and empirical research into this sector. Opportunities for a board to assess its own performance have been shown to be valuable for the development of effective nonprofits, and the Board Performance Self-Assessment Questionnaire is a new online tool available at no cost. This is a qualitative evaluative study of the BPSAQ assessing the benefits and limitations of the tool, as well as the expected impact on the boards that utilized it. The study gathered perspectives from seven users of the BPSAQ through the use of semi-structured interviews and a short questionnaire designed from the common themes that arose through the interviews. The findings of this study show that the BPSAQ is perceived to be user-friendly, comprehensive, and accurate in its results. The interview data suggests numerous benefits of the tool, and the responses to the follow-up questionnaire show that all participants believed it was a healthy and useful and would lead to positive change for each of their organizations. The study provides important data asserting the value of the BPSAQ for nonprofits, as it has proven to be an encourager of change and a comfortable way to move a board forward.enboardnonprofitself-assessmentqualitativeperformanceevaluative studyprojectAvailable to the World Wide Web