Candid

JUNE 27, 2024

A report from The Bridgespan Group, Illuminating Impact: Why Gender Matters for Funders in Any Issue Area , warns that funders risk “leaving impact on the table” by not applying a gender equity lens broadly. Fund women-led organizations and collaboratives focused on gender equity. Analyze gender in your issue area.

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 4, 2023

If you have a local law firm that specializes in nonprofit law, this is a place to start. If you can’t find someone local, there are a range of law firms with this specialty. Develop a gift acceptance policy. Or “I’m sorry, our policy prohibits us from accepting gifts of encumbered property.”

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Media Cause

AUGUST 28, 2024

The election cycle impacts charitable giving across the board, but nonprofits deal with a more complex landscape than usual as we enter the second half of 2024. Make every effort to ensure your nonprofit is transparent about its activities, impact, partnerships, and financials to establish trust with past, current, and potential donors.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

You may think this is an odd beginning for a public policy blog, so please bear with me. I hope as you plan for and execute on your 2020 priorities you will keep in mind the many external factors that impact your work and your day-to-day activities. Taking stock allows us to set new priorities and forge new paths.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Help uncover compelling or creative stories of impact to use in fundraising. Many boards have policies requiring the full board (or each member individually) to hit a fundraising goal and this worksheet helps get them organized and on a path to success. Check your state laws to make sure you are in compliance. Cultivation.

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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

With his long-time collaborator Artie Malkin (the M), Donald launched Malkin & Ross as the first of its kind public interest lobbying firm in NY in the late 80’s, and when NY got too small for the kind of change they envisioned, M+R was born as a way to more deeply impact national policy. . There is so, so much more.

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JULY 24, 2024

An effective nonprofit board can help your organization raise more money and make a more meaningful impact on your cause. By taking action and refining your board’s operations, you can maximize the positive impact you have in your community. What’s a nonprofit board’s primary function?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. What if it was used to determine who is taking up large amounts of resources and where funding could be slashed? ( link ).

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

There are two things that can help A LOT here: organizational by-laws and Board member job descriptions. By-laws What do by-laws have to do with Board meetings? If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

cut funding for drilling in the Arctic Wildlife Refuge. California State Park’s Virtual Earth Day Report helps them track their progress and record their impact for prizes. Build Your Year-Round Impact With the Ultimate Guide to Recurring Giving. Southern Environmental Law Center. The six largest banks in the U.S.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 16, 2013

This post originally appeared on Arabella Advisors'' Greater Good blog as part of the series Impact 2014. For many years, people frequently suggested that Benetech , the nonprofit tech company I founded and lead, get more involved in Washington, DC policy and legislative action. Isn’t that where good ideas go to die?”

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Volunteer Program philosophy : Volunteers need to know why they are important to your operations, the value they bring, and the impact they make. Most volunteers don’t know the law exists.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

A good way to make certain that the organization’s assets and reputation are protected is to ensure that there are proper financial policies in place, and they are being followed by all who have fiscal responsibility. Fund Accounting Software that Drives Impact Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT® fits your organization.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 27, 2022

People provide the real growth capital for any enterprise — and make it possible for them to have an impact,” writes Gerald Chertavian in the Harvard Business Review. Nonprofits are businesses, and they need funding to cover operating costs for office space, salaries, stationery and more.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 8, 2024

And you need the right practices and policies in place to ensure those employees are prepared to do their jobs well and have a positive employment experience at your organization. Project-reliant staffing : Many nonprofits depend on grants and other project- or program-specific funding. appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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Candid

JULY 2, 2021

In the new funding area of accelerating women's inclusion in leadership roles—primarily in health, law, and economics—the foundation has committed $100 million over five years and $230 million over ten years, with an initial contribution to Co-Impact 's newly launched Gender Fund.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a nonprofit leader, you are likely familiar with donation solicitation laws. However, given the specificity of the law, it is necessary to understand what counts as online donation solicitations and how crossing state lines can impact your online fundraisers. and Canada report preferring to give online.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 18, 2016

Today we are highlighting the work of Thom Reilly , Director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University. In order to make change that is sustainable and scalable, additional funding sources need to be considered to help nonprofits achieve their core missions. Banks were not lending.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 1, 2012

This landmark federal law, known as the “Emancipation Proclamation for people with disabilities,” has been remarkably successful in protecting the rights of people with disabilities. The ADA and the special education laws have produced the best-educated population of people with disabilities in U.S. million to 6 million by 2015.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 28, 2020

On Friday, March 27, the House of Representatives and the President signed into law H.R. 748, the third relief package Congress has passed, and the President has signed into law to address the US response to COVID-19. Donations to donor advised funds and supporting organizations are not eligible for this deduction.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We get a huge amount of pro bono assistance from the legal profession, both because of our social impact as a nonprofit, and because of the challenging and interesting issues we tackle. Many of our projects turn on legal questions, and our attorneys are a core part of figuring out solutions that will have real positive impact on society.

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Forum One

APRIL 1, 2021

But with a fresh round of funding and recent initiatives such as the Creator First Accelerator Program , the application is focused on beating out its (new) competitors for users, and in general, looking for ways to improve, evolve, and grow the audio-based application. Data security & privacy law. Time sensitivity.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 14, 2021

In addition, nonprofits must comply with the same federal, state, and local laws as businesses regarding the treatment of employees. Project-reliant staffing: Many nonprofits depend on grants and other forms of project or program-specific funding. appeared first on Get Fully Funded.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

copyright law. The publishing industry and disability organizations both agreed on this provision of copyright law. which get Bookshare at no cost when serving students with qualifying disabilities (thanks to funding from the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Department of Education).

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VisionLink

JANUARY 19, 2015

Meanwhile too many of our people continue to be unemployed, too few can even earn enough to pay taxes, our medical entitlements continue to grow through the roof, we are spending considerably more than we take in, we have no long-term economic strategy-let alone a tax policy to enable it.

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sgEngage

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Tycely Williams, chief development officer of The Bipartisan Policy Center, encourages nonprofits to step outside expectations. “A regulations governing email marketing in your recipients’ locations, but keep in mind laws are stricter in other parts of the world. Try asking your constituents to be a donor, a leader, or a changemaker.

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VisionLink

JANUARY 21, 2013

Meanwhile too many of our people continue to be unemployed, too few can even earn enough to pay taxes, our medical entitlements continue to grow through the roof, we are spending considerably more than we take in, we have no long-term economic strategy-let alone a tax policy to enable it.

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Greater Giving

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

To keep donors engaged and maintain a steady funding stream year-round, nonprofits are increasingly turning to their websites to help drive ongoing fundraising pursuits. Show the real impacts that year-round donations can have on your mission by using compelling images within your website. Let’s dive in! Motivational imagery.

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

For any small organization, any lost dollars are a big deal and they can make a huge impact on their ability to function day-to-day. They have to demonstrate that they’re using funds for a charitable cause and not for any personal, financial or political gain. Over half of the nonprofits?55 55 percent?surveyed

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NonProfit Hub

JULY 17, 2019

For any small organization, any lost dollars are a big deal and they can make a huge impact on their ability to function day-to-day. They have to demonstrate that they’re using funds for a charitable cause and not for any personal, financial or political gain. Over half of the nonprofits?55 55 percent?surveyed

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Neon CRM

JULY 21, 2023

But the board is responsible for ensuring that the nonprofit has all the necessary legal, ethical, financial, and overall good governance policies in place to succeed long-term. Duty of Obedience: It is the board’s job to ensure their organization follows all applicable local, state, and federal laws.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Nonprofit Finance Fund. Conducted in January and February 2013, Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2013 State of the Sector survey assessed the financial and management challenges facing 5,983 organizations across the country. Five years later, temporary stimulus funding has come and gone, replaced instead by ongoing cuts to government funding.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 2, 2018

ASU 2016-14 went into effect this year and impacts all nonprofit (Topic 958) and healthcare entities (Topic 954). One of the worst things that could happen as a result of noncompliance is a loss in contributions and grant funding. New disclosures will be required that describe the liquidity and availability of funds.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 8, 2016

In 2016 half a billion women still cannot read, 62 million girls are denied the right to education and 155 countries still have laws that differentiate between men and women. Noel is has a crowd funding campaign to help raise money to rebuild after the devastating fire. You can make a donation here.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 1, 2013

The impact of new technologies is invariably misjudged because we measure the future with yardsticks from the past.” - Stephen Baker, a technology journalist in a recent NY Times Blog. Last year I wrote a Research Friday blog post that considered the impact of civic engagement on the economy. This is not seen as a negative.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Most importantly, a special event will bring in money to fund your mission. A fund-the-need or raise-the-paddle? Check your state laws regarding raffles – you might need a special permit for a game of change. What is your event space’s policy on caterers? Yay, right? Can you add a silent auction? A wine pull?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 16, 2014

Blurred Policy Lines and the Downsides of Sharing. Dubal has been studying the impact of the casual labor force of ride-sharing companies in comparison to the mostly unionized, professional labor force in the cab industry. Sustainability and other do-gooder motivations are much lower on the list of reasons why they participate.

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