According to the Center for Effective Philanthropy, practically all non-profits in the United States solicit feedback from their clients when designing programs and services. However, resource constraints — lack of adequate staffing, funding, and sophisticated technology — may mean that they do not collect data...
Does your non-profit organization have a conflict-of-interest policy in place? Do your board members, trustees, and key employees understand how the policy affects them? If you answer “no” to either (or both) of these questions, you have some work to do. A duty Non-profit board officers, directors,...
Non-profit capital campaigns aim to raise a specific — usually, a significant — amount of money over a limited time period. Your non-profit may undertake a capital campaign to acquire land, buy a new facility, expand an existing facility, purchase major equipment, or seed an...
A much-hated tax on non-profit organizations is on the way out. At the end of 2019, Congress repealed a provision of 2017’s Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) that triggered the UBIT of 21 percent on non-profit employers that provide employees with transportation fringe benefits....
If you think SEO is something only for-profit businesses need to worry about, think again. The Google rankings of your non-profit’s website can make a tremendous difference in the donations and other support you receive. Cracking Google metrics Google, of course, is not the only search engine...
If your top executive were to step down tomorrow, would your non-profit know how to make a smooth leadership transition or would your boat suddenly be rudderless? Research by the non-profit BoardSource has found that only 27 percent of charitable organizations have written succession plans....
State law typically specifies the minimum number of directors a non-profit must have on its board. But so long as organizations fulfill that requirement, it is up to them to determine how many total board members they need. Several guidelines can help you arrive at...
According to the Society for Human Resource Management, 47 percent of companies offer a community volunteer program for employees. Chief Executives for Corporate Purpose has found that large companies are even more likely to sponsor volunteer activities: 61 percent offer paid-release time volunteer programs or...
Is your non-profit thinking about merging or otherwise restructuring? Recently, the IRS made the process easier for some organizations. Revising old rules Under previous IRS rules, tax-exempt organizations were required to file new exemption applications when they made certain changes to their structure. Each change was seen...
A hypothetical non-profit staffer named Britney had maxed out her personal credit cards. So, when her car needed repairs, she reached for her employer’s card. She reasoned that she would come up with the money to pay the bill before her boss ever saw a...