Welcome new board members with a ready orientation packet
New members walk into their first meeting already knowing the jargon, the money and the open decisions.
Published . Steps as of November 2026.
How do I make an onboarding packet for new nonprofit board members?
Attach your bylaws, recent minutes and a budget summary to an AI chat and ask for an orientation packet with set sections. Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini all handle the prompt below. As of November 2026, nonprofits on Claude Team and Enterprise plans also get the Claude for Nonprofits plugin, which includes skills for board work like orientation packets. For a small volunteer club, the prompt and three files are enough.
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Your prompt
Fill in your details. Skip any you like.
Claude and ChatGPT open with your prompt already typed in. Gemini can't be filled in from a link, so its button copies your prompt: paste it into the new chat.
The prompt that gets copied
I'm welcoming [HOW MANY, e.g. 3] new board members to [YOUR ORGANIZATION, e.g. our community garden club]. Using the files I attached (bylaws, recent minutes and budget summary), build a friendly orientation packet with these sections. 1. What we do and who we serve, in five sentences. 2. Who's who: officers, committees and who to ask about what. 3. How meetings work: schedule, quorum, how votes happen and how to add an agenda item. 4. Our money in plain words: where it comes from, where it goes and anything unusual this year. 5. Decisions still open from recent minutes. 6. A glossary of the terms and acronyms we use. 7. A first 90 days checklist for a new member. Give the bylaws section number whenever you cite a rule. If something isn't in the files, say so instead of guessing. Keep it under [PAGE LIMIT, e.g. 6 pages].
Attach your bylaws, recent minutes and budget summary. You get an orientation packet for new board members: who's who, how meetings run, the money, open decisions and a first 90 days checklist.
Step by step
- Gather your bylaws, last three meeting minutes and a one-page budget summary
- Open Claude and attach those files
- Paste the prompt below and fill in the details
- Copy the packet into a doc and send it before the first meeting
What you'll get
A short orientation packet with seven sections, bylaws references, a glossary and a 90-day checklist, built only from your own files.
Nonprofits on Claude Team or Enterprise also get the Claude for Nonprofits plugin, with board skills, at no extra cost.
- Made for
- Everyone, Small business owners
- Works in
- Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini
