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An employee has taken proprietary information and used it to start a competing nonprofit. What is our recourse, if any?

Solving challenges is ultimately about creating the outcomes we want. By asking goal-oriented questions, you’ll come up with better outcomes.

Implementing a finance committee of the board of directors was one of the best things our organization ever did. Here’s why.

Four reasons your nonprofit and its mission can benefit from conducting a board evaluation.

It is important to work with that employee to understand the basis for the request and to determine whether it is appropriate.

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?

Internal controls are more important than ever to have in place and operating effectively in order to prevent wrongdoing and malfeasance.

A free, fill-in-the-blanks template for those wishing to found a nonprofit, from someone who founded a nonprofit while stranded in Malta.

It’s important to be open and honest in communications with funders. Nonprofits should articulate why the metrics may have changed.

Approaching investigations in a way that the process is fair, objective, and thorough, as the law requires, can be formidable for a beginner.

Saying “I have an idea” can cause issues because of the implied ownership. It’s important for us to offer ideas in the right way.

Six reasons to abandon the stale practice of including a donor list in your nonprofit’s annual report.

It’s important to shift attention towards structural racism and come up with viable, long-lasting solutions to systemic racism.

Whether you handle investigations internally or bring in an independent outside investigator depends on several considerations.

Simplifying paid-leave laws. The best way to understand what the new leave laws provide is to take a quick look back into the past.

A case on how one Oregon nonprofit did it. Part 2 of 2.

Succession planning gets a bad rap. But in a pandemic, especially in the early days, an emergency succession plan becomes essential to a nonprofit.

Explore these tips to have a safe and productive first in-person meeting with your board as the pandemic winds down.

Originally enacted as part of the CARES Act in March 2020, and subsequently voted into law last December, the Employee Retention Credit (ERC) may now be claimed by eligible employers — and that includes tax-exempt nonprofit organizations — that previously received a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan. Since most eligible employers opted for a PPP

We want to discipline an employee for an unauthorized recording of our conversations. What are our options?

A case on how one Oregon nonprofit did it. Part 1 of 2.

A professional accountant discusses how to make your nonprofit’s accounting more virtual.

A nonprofit talks about how they accomplished a successful strategic planning process with as little pain — and as much gain — as possible.

Nonprofit employers must navigate a multitude of workplace laws and risks, including employees with underlying medical conditions.