Nonprofit Mergers: Common Risks

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the associated financial and social crises, and the rising racial justice movement, many nonprofits are looking at collaborations and mergers as a strategic response. But nonprofit leaders must understand at the outset the risks associated with such transactions. Following up on our recent post on motivations of nonprofits considering […]

Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 7/24/20

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “John Lewis, a civil rights leader who preached nonviolence while enduring beatings and jailings during seminal front-line confrontations of the 1960s and later spent more than three decades in Congress […]

Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 7/17/20

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “The president’s decision on Friday to commute Mr. Stone’s prison sentence for impeding a congressional inquiry and other crimes was extraordinary because federal prosecutors had suspected that Mr. Stone could […]

Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 6/5/20

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “Minnesota officials charged three more former police officers on Wednesday in the death of George Floyd, and added an upgraded charge against the former officer who pressed his knee to […]

Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 5/29/20

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “George Floyd, a 46-year-old African-American man, died on Monday after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a police officer’s knee, in an incident that was recorded on video […]

Nonprofit Mergers – Part 2: Step-by-Step

There are many ways in which two or more nonprofits can collaborate (see La Piana Consulting’s Collaborative Map), including (1) mergers and (2) dissolutions and asset transfers discussed in Part 1 of this series. This post specifically examines a merger between two California nonprofit corporations. Prior to moving forward with a merger, the parties should […]

CalCPA Not-for-Profit Organizations Conference 2020

The CalCPA Education Foundation’s 2020 Not-for-Profit Organizations Conference will be held virtually on May 20. I have the honor of presenting a bonus session on Enhanced Governance to start the Conference. Here is CalCPA’s description of the Conference: CalCPA Education Foundation’s annual nonprofit conference brings together industry and public accounting experts to deliver timely updates […]

Nonprofit Advocacy: #SavedDotOrg

The planned sale of the DotOrg (.ORG) domain registry from a charitable nonprofit to a private equity firm was rejected on April 30, 2020 by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). This marks a huge victory for the nonprofit sector and millions of nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations that depend on having an […]

Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 4/24/20

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “The House overwhelmingly passed a $484 billion spending package Thursday as the unemployment crisis deepened, a stark illustration of how policy makers continue trying to rescue an unraveling economy amid […]

Nonprofit Tweets of the Week – 4/17/20

Stay informed of the week’s notable events and shared resources with this curated list of Nonprofit Tweets of the Week. Notable Events of the Week: “He Could Have Seen What Was Coming: Behind Trump’s Failure on the Virus … An examination reveals the president was warned about the potential for a pandemic but that internal […]