Nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are created to address specific issues/problems/needs and serve specific communities/constituencies, and the primary role/responsibility of the Boards of those NPOs is to represent (the issues/problems/needs of) those communities/constituencies.
A Board does this by ensuring that the NPO’s mission is consistent the reason(s) that organization was created … and by adapting that mission to the ongoing needs of the community being served; by establishing policy on how the business affairs of the organization are to proceed; by selecting, evaluating the performance of and (when needed) replacing the chief executive officer; and, by providing the resources needed for the CEO to pursue the mission.