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Nonprofit Guide to US Digital Privacy Laws: CCPA, SHIELD

Whole Whale

This article is for the overworked techie in charge of all of the digital things who just panicked that it is 2020 and there are new privacy laws. There are two new major online privacy policy changes coming in 2020, the CCPA in California and SHIELD act in New York. What is weird is that these acts begin to treat U.S.

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.

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9 Best Practices for Strong Nonprofit Financial Management

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The laws—and the trust of your donors and funders—say so. You will always get the grant and donors will never churn. Depending on your organization’s focus and activities, you may have different types of funding, such as grants, contracts, donations, program fees, sponsorships, or merchandise sales.

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Creating the Foundation for a Best-In-Class Nonprofit Finance Team

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When filling finance department roles, contract or hire staff with appropriate education and experience. It’s also helpful if your staff accountant has audit experience. Experience with grant monitoring and required expense tracking for grants is a plus. And it’s helpful if they are familiar with grant compliance.

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

Get Fully Funded

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. But, you need more than just a volunteer handbook to make sure your volunteers have a positive experience and want to continue serving. Most volunteers don’t know the law exists.

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4 Strategies for Proactive Risk Management at Your Nonprofit

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Strengthen Your Organization’s Internal Controls Internal controls are policies and procedures that nonprofits put in place to help avoid risky situations. Adopting a conflict of interest policy. Grant application requirements. Then, you can start taking the appropriate steps to prevent those risks.

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Four Lessons From Candid About Balancing Grantee Data Protection and Transparency

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In some cases, we’ve made these changes in response to specific requests from funders that have shared grants data with us. This blog post draws on our own experiences at Candid as well as recent conversations with several funders. For example, the funder asks about data management in their grant application and during check-in calls.

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