By NEO Law Group
The California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) held its Annual Policy Conference on November 20, 2024 at the Audrey Irmas Pavilion in Los Angeles. Here are some of the highlights: Welcoming Remarks The 2024 Election: What Happened, What it Means, and What’s Ahead for California’s Nonprofits The Nonprofit Newsroom and Public Policy in an Era of […]
I’ve been writing and speaking on the responsibilities of virtually all nonprofits and their leaders to consider climate change (and pollution) in planning and decision-making. See, for example, What’s Your Nonprofit Doing to Fight Climate Change? Expectedly, I’ve received some push back from attorneys and others about the requirement not to divert charitable assets away […]
Nonprofit leaders can and do react to current conditions in developing their plans and advancing their organizations’ missions. Effective leaders also proactively prepare for the future while looking back for lessons and context. Among the many trends and forces for the future worthy of consideration: Many nonprofits have adopted devices and strategies incorporating their thinking […]
The question of a nonprofit’s future needs and impact raises a couple of related concepts: intergenerational equity and longtermism. Of course, all planning involves thinking about the future – whether it be in designing programs, fundraising, marketing, budgeting, investing, advocating, collaborating, or engaging in myriad things that are necessary for managing and governing a nonprofit. […]
Last week, we saw the series finales of two popular television shows that are now part of the zeitgeist: Ted Lasso and Succession. While we can enjoy both of these series as pure entertainment, I found it interesting to reflect back on them for what they may say about management and governance. Seen in the […]
Northern California Planned Giving Council (NCPGC) is holding its 30th Annual Planned Giving Conference on April 24, 2023 at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco. Qualified applicants can submit a scholarship application (available here) by March 5 for the chance to attend and get a 12-month mentorship with a current NCPGC member for free! Eligibility Requirements Applicants […]
This post on fiscal sponsorship exits follows our first post focused on the selection of a successor and absence of an agreement regarding termination of the relationship between the fiscal sponsor and a Model A project’s leadership. Here, we focus on reasons for the termination that create problems. Poor Fit It’s not uncommon for a […]
Erin and I teach a class we developed for Columbia University on the Business of Nonprofits. The class is part of the M.S. Nonprofit Management, and we think it provides a strong overview of the mix of common and/or important business and legal issues a nonprofit executive may encounter. This Business of Nonprofits course is […]
Northern California Planned Giving Council (NCPGC) is holding its 29th Annual Planned Giving Conference virtually on May 5 and 6, 2022 and qualified applicants can submit a scholarship application (available here) by March 15 for the chance to attend and get a 12-month membership for free. Eligibility RequirementsApplicants should work within organizations that:• Have begun […]
Anti-discrimination laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 preclude organizations from making decisions on the basis of race or other protected characteristics in a variety of situations such as funding, programming and employment. See our previous posts on Title VII and Section 1981. […]