Non-profit boards have so many varied issues it's a little silly, but since the pay is low or non-existent you end up with a lot of them run by the only person

Non-profit boards have so many varied issues it's a little silly, but since the pay is low or non-existent you end up with a lot of them run by the only person willing to be nominated. I have seen the only person nominated to positions get elected scores of times because the depth of potential candidates is like 100 max and 99 of them have jobs and families or just don't feel like being responsible for it. A non-profit requires someone to deal with taxes and tax-status forms and real estate maybe and certainly insurance, someone has to be on the hook for it being correct. I don't know how to get insurance for a non-profit and would need advice on what even is necessary, if I don't know that I'd be a fool to take the role and put my entire family at potential legal risk. It's a stretch to get someone to be on the hook for that unless there's an existing healthy board. Plus no one wants to volunteer for a position where they have responsibilities but no control or ability to make decisions, so if the leadership are control freaks it's an absolute depressing nightmare.