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IRS Tax Form 990 [Deadline Extended]: How to File It, When to File It, and Why It’s So Important
For nonprofits, filing tax form 990 is key to retaining tax-exempt status. Here are the key features of tax form 990 and how to file it.
Seizing Social Capital to Empower Nonprofit Leaders
Explore the role of social capital and discover key attributes and assets of social capital that nonprofits can use to their advantage.
Ask Rita: How Can I Deal with an Employee’s Offensive Social Media Post?
Ask Rita explores how nonprofit leaders can act when dealing with an employee making an offensive post on social media.
The Critical Role of Cultural Responsiveness in Today’s Nonprofits
While culturally responsive leadership has usually been centered in education, its practices have value to the nonprofit sector as well.
Running Your Nonprofit’s Accounting Department During COVID-19 and After
A professional accountant discusses how to make your nonprofit’s accounting more virtual.
Still Publishing Donor Names? Ditch the List
Six reasons to abandon the stale practice of including a donor list in your nonprofit’s annual report.
The One Tool/Strategy Nonprofits Wish They Implemented Sooner
Nonprofit leaders and Blue Avocado readers answer: “What is one tool or strategy you wish your nonprofit had implemented sooner?”
Empowering Community Voices: The Strategic Advantage of Nonprofit Advisory Committees
An inclusive and engaged advisory committee has the potential to increase the quality, reach, and overall impact of your nonprofit’s work on a consistent basis.
Unlocking Potential: Collective Leadership in Nonprofits
Adopting collective leadership can help your nonprofit create a more inclusive, efficient, and flexible organizational structure.
Demystifying the Insurance Buying Process – Live Q&A
Peter Andrew, President & CEO of Council Services Plus and Colleen Lazanich, CEO of CalNonprofits Insurance Services help clarify the insurance buying process
How to Improve Nonprofit Culture Through Mission and Values Realignment
We hire new staff, we hold team-building events, we might even bring in a consultant to determine the causes. But there is one area that is often overlooked when trying to fix problems: the culture of the organization and its connection to mission and values.
Perfect Together: How to Access Community Television for Your Nonprofit
How nonprofits can work with public, educational, or governmental TV stations to raise visibility and get the word out about their great work.
Citizens United Unfair to One Million Corporations
What to do about the Citizens United decision allowing for-profit corporations to spend unlimited funds on electoral campaigns.
The Nonprofit Student Debt Conundrum
Despite Millennials’ desire for jobs that allow them to do good and feel good, student debt may be keeping them unaffordable to nonprofits.
Up Your Game with Skills-based Volunteering
Specialized volunteers can come from organizations that recruit those seeking opportunities for organizations in need of specialized help.
Nonprofit Retirement Part 2: How and Where to Save
Exploring different ways nonprofit employees can plan and save for retirement — and which ways are better suited than others.
We May Be a Motley Crew, But We’ll Adapt to You: 8 Tenets of Holistic Community Engagement for Nonprofits
A tale of transformation and innovative thinking from Motley Zoo Animal Rescue, which shares the lessons they’ve learned and how they overcame obstacles to create a sustainable, community-focused animal rescue system.
How I Raised $1,000 on Facebook Without Breaking a Sweat
Nelson Layag shares how he was able to utilize social media features to raise money to support organizations in his community.
Ensuring Dogs and Cats Get Equal Scratch in Decision-making
Every organization is made up of cat people and dog people. This framework can help with equity and inclusion in decision-making processes.
All-Volunteer Organization Resources
All-Volunteer Organizations (AVO) are some of the most important nonprofit organizations around; here are some relevant articles for AVOs.