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Ask Rita: What Happens When the Office Coffee Comes With Politics?
With the elections coming up, a nonprofit’s staff is buzzing with political talk. Ask Rita shares how to avoid this creating a minefield.
Three Steps to Effective Board Oversight of Insurance
Be sure that your nonprofit is getting the most value out of your relationship with your broker, and with your insurance companies.
A Board Member’s Guide to Nonprofit Insurance
Many nonprofit board members don’t think about the organization’s insurance until something adverse happens. Here’s the low-down on liability.
If You Don’t Have Time to Save: Nonprofit Retirement Part 3
Blue Avocado explores the plight of people in the nonprofit sector who find themselves close to retirement without enough savings.
What Nonprofits are Saying About the Bailout: A Fast Roundup
A quick roundup of just a few of the most compelling and informative nonprofit commentaries around recent financial developments.
Closing Down the Right Way
Blue Avocado shares steps for how a nonprofit organization can shut down its operations and ride into the sunset gracefully.
Nonprofit Retirement Part 2: How and Where to Save
“I need a four-oh-what??” Many eyes glaze over when it comes time to decide how to save and invest for retirement. If you wish that somehow, magically, a stash of money would be waiting for you the minute you turn 65 — a reward for all t …
Treasured Office Equipment Under $10
Just as master chefs treasure their knives and carpenters have their prize hammers, we in community nonprofits treasure OUR equipment. It’s nice to have a friendly, reliable piece of equipment that always there for you. The following are from Blue Avoc …
Thinking the Unthinkable: Maybe We Should Shut Down
For nonprofits, it’s hard not to think that closing down is the ultimate disaster. But sometimes a lack of money or energy forces the issue.
Community Nonprofits: Katrina’s Unsung Heroes Still on the Job
Three years after Hurricane Katrina, we hear about changes and challenges in New Orleans, but little about the severe damage in Mississippi.
