As the end of a year approaches, a nonprofit’s board of directors should begin to reflect on a number of issues involving governance and management of the organization to encourage its growth and success. Among the areas that boards will want to review include corporate formalities, financial oversight, programs...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – December 12, 2014
This week, Time magazine released its Person of the Year – the Ebola Fighters (a great many of whom are working with nonprofits like Doctors without Borders) – and, on a darker note, the Senate released the so-called Torture Report. Have a listen to Africa Stop Ebola performed by some...
Pearson Charitable Foundation to Dissolve
A few weeks ago, the Board of Directors of Pearson Charitable Foundation, the Section 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with the educational publishing company Pearson PLC, announced that it will be closing the Foundation at the end of the year after a decade of operations. According to the Foundation’s website, the...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week
The past week was marked by Giving Tuesday and another grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer who caused an unarmed black man’s death. Have a listen to Amy Grant’s version of Grown-Up Christmas List while perusing our curated nonprofit tweets of the week: Mashable: These are the charitable...
Nonprofit Radio: Managing Dissent on Your Boards
The University of Virginia’s governing body found itself under some heat earlier this year when its proposal to silence board members from publicly voicing their dissent from board actions was made public. Ultimately, the proposed policy was abandoned and with good reason. But the broader issue of how to manage...
Giving Tuesday: 6 Legal Tips for Donors
We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. Now, we have #GivingTuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back. On Tuesday, December 1, 2015, charities, families, businesses, community centers, and students around the world will come together for one common purpose: to celebrate generosity...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – November 27, 2014
We have so much to be thankful for. But Thanksgiving also reminds us of the courageous efforts of those who worked and fought to give us so many of those things for which we are grateful and often take for granted. Let’s honor and build on their work today and...
AAPI Capacity Building and Grant Seeking Event
Last week, I had the privilege of attending an event hosted by the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, Region 9 Interagency Working Group. The central purpose of the Initiative is to increase AAPI community access to federal resources. This event focused on best practices and...
2014 Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO)
Erin and I attended the 18th Annual Western Conference on Tax-Exempt Organizations (WCTEO) co-sponsored by Loyola Law School and the UCLA School of Law, Lowell Milken Institute for Business Law and Policy on November 20 and 21. Here are highlights of some of the great sessions: Washington Update. Ruth...
Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – November 21, 2014
The highlight of my past week was speaking at and attending the Independent Sector Annual Conference. Have a listen to Miri Ben-Ari‘s Symphony of Brotherhood while perusing our curated nonprofit tweets of the week (Independent Sector edition): Independent Sector: Keep the #ISConf tweets coming! We’ve got lots to share frm our...
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