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Attorney Gene Takagi and Emily Nicole Chan discuss whether nonprofit boards can vote by both mail and email.
Moving board members from passive to proactive requires intentionality. By setting clear expectations, providing meaningful opportunities, and fostering a culture of philanthropy, organizations can activate their board as a powerful force for impact.
How to remove a board member that consistently disrupts meetings or is otherwise destructive and demoralizing.
Getting feedback from those that you serve — and not assuming you know what they need — can help your nonprofit serve your community.
The knowledge that communities hold is precious, and the ethical use of this knowledge for institutional purposes requires the three “Rs” of ethical community engagement: Research, Relationships, and Remuneration.
How to remove a board member that consistently disrupts meetings or is otherwise destructive and demoralizing.
As the planet faces a climate crisis, inequality emerges as a new threat coming to face the nonprofit sector.
Learn how the United Way of Greater Los Angeles (UWGLA) is using racial justice to inform their grantmaking efforts, and how other philanthropic organizations can help work to undo the legacies of harm inflicted upon communities of color.
When we take a closer look at what Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) frameworks actually entail, it is often not worth the time and resources for most small nonprofits to go through such a process.
Information about Form 990 and your nonprofit filings. Hopefully this will keep your fiscal year-end stresses at bay!
Here is a wonderful, succinct guide that provides help for the 600,000 + treasurers of all-volunteer organizations (AVOs).
Accounting Procedures Manual Template in Word. Download the Word document, and everything you need to fill in is in red.
Want to raise more money? Call a time out and take fundraising completely off the table. Then dream — the money will follow!
Fundraising Fuels Your Nonprofit’s Mission. We’ve distilled the best practices and innovative approaches to help you secure the funding you need.
Effective donor engagement strategies: Consider and articulate how supporting the mission benefits your donors too.
Nonprofits were eager and early adopters of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives. They’re now having to reckon with the backlash against DEI.
Checks and balances can be difficult when your nonprofit isn’t big. Discover five internal controls for the very small nonprofit.
Nonprofits must advance their mission by valuing their employees’ worth by providing benefits and fair compensation for nonprofit employees.
Attorney Gene Takagi and Emily Nicole Chan discuss whether nonprofit boards can vote by both mail and email.
Defining the desired outcome and what constitutes success in measurable terms helps stakeholders align their actions and priorities, ensuring that every effort is geared toward achieving this shared vision.
Strategic philanthropists, big bettors, and effective altruists all lionize the ability to measure problem-solving strategies. But what exactly do they think they are observing when they diagnose a problem? What gives them the confidence to pursue the root cause they think they see? Why privilege one strategy when there are many others at hand?
Insider newsletters give your board members upbeat news in quick, regular bites — so your work will stay present to them between meetings.
Nonprofit rebrands are tricky. Nonprofit rebranding strategies to help provide you with a roadmap to your own successful transition.
Getting what your nonprofit needs — funding, staff, and more — means showing how working with you can be a win-win.
Food insecurity is not an abstract: Our friends, neighbors, and communities are struggling to thrive. The challenges of food insecurity.
To fight the battle against hunger, nonprofits can advocate for meaningful change in our societal structures.
Deepak Bhargava of the Center for Community Change channels the Force to call nonprofits to action, drawing parallels to Star Wars.
Nonprofit organizations are facing rising insurance premiums, poor coverage from commercial insurance carriers, and the loss of coverage altogether. Going forward, it will be increasingly difficult for nonprofits to secure the insurance they need to keep their doors open. A visionary foundation could change all this, and benefit many tens of thousands of nonprofits for decades to come.
With endowments, let’s rethink ‘forever’ and explore new, flexible ways to ensure your nonprofit organization’s longevity and effectiveness.
When web designers have an email from another nonprofit saying they don’t mind if you use one of their images, are you ok to use the image?
Harvard University offers several of its online social sciences courses to the public at no cost.
Legislative inaction at the state and federal level has seen nonprofits moving toward using the courts to advance their advocacy campaigns like never before.
What to do about the Citizens United decision allowing for-profit corporations to spend unlimited funds on electoral campaigns.
Accounting Procedures Manual Template in Word. Download the Word document, and everything you need to fill in is in red.
While no two nonprofits are exactly alike, there are some best practices that all organizations should use when building their annual operating budgets.
Guiding principles for organizations that want to create a binding, board-approved JDEI policy with values, action plans, and accountability.
A guide to effectively manage volunteers, from recruiting to appreciation. Keep volunteers engaged and your organization thriving.
Here is a wonderful, succinct guide that provides help for the 600,000 + treasurers of all-volunteer organizations (AVOs).
To fight the battle against hunger, nonprofits can advocate for meaningful change in our societal structures.
📅 Upcoming Live Q&A: October 15, 2025 – Learn how board governance documents are essential for nonprofits and create a framework for accountability, operations, and decision-making.
Presented by the National Council of Nonprofits (NCN), this webinar will provide a timely overview of both legislative and executive branch threats to nonprofits.
RECORDED WEBINAR: Thursday, June 12, 2025. Learn about the essential governance topics like board structure, legal compliance, and best practices.
Nonprofit leaders share their “happy accidents” — unforeseen twists of fate that ended up bringing significant benefits to their organizations.
Nonprofit leaders offer insights into the biggest hurdles faced by nonprofits, from funding and staffing to awareness and impact measurement.
Nonprofit leaders offer insights into the post-pandemic era, detailing the changes that have impacted their organizations for better or worse.