Legal/Compliance
Four Ways to Remove a Board Member
How to remove a board member that consistently disrupts meetings or is otherwise destructive and demoralizing.
Treasurers of All-Volunteer Organizations: Eight Key Responsibilities
Here is a wonderful, succinct guide that provides help for the 600,000 + treasurers of all-volunteer organizations (AVOs).
Litigating a Path to Progress: Nonprofit Advocacy through the Courts
Legislative inaction at the state and federal level has seen nonprofits moving toward using the courts to advance their advocacy campaigns like never before.
Advocacy Amplified: How Nonprofits Can Garner State Legislative Support for Their Causes
How nonprofits can overcome the complex legislative landscape to effectively lobby and pass laws that serve their communities.
A Beginner’s Guide to Filing a Form 990 for Your Nonprofit Organization
For nonprofit organizations, filing a Form 990 can be overwhelming and confusing, especially if it’s your first time. In this article, we will discuss everything you need to know about filing a Form 990, including six steps to take before, during, and after transmitting your form to the IRS.
How Nonprofits Can Benefit from Embracing ESG Practices
By expanding ESG efforts and communicating them effectively, nonprofits can engage new audiences and achieve greater impact. This article discusses how nonprofits can document and communicate their ESG impact and provides five steps to get started.
Ask Rita: What to Do When the FMLA Replacement Is A Better Performer
What happens if an employee who is filling in for another employee out on FMLA turns out to be better in the position? What are our options?
Does Your Nonprofit Receive Donations of Services, Supplies or Equipment? Changes are Coming!
A new accounting standard will bring clarity and consistency to how in-kind contributions of nonfinancial assets are reported for nonprofits.
Ask Rita: An Employee Isn’t Holding Up Their End of the ADA Interactive Process—What Do I Do?
The ADA interactive process is a two-way street. What should employers do when employees aren’t interacting in good faith?
Ask Rita: My Employee Has Been “No Call, No Show” for Three Days—Why Isn’t This a Resignation?
Terminating an employee because they haven’t shown up or reported in should be pursued only after proactive efforts to reach out have failed.