Legal Compliance & Transparency

Presenter Michele Pratt, CLA, shared in-depth details about PPP loan forgiveness, including eligible costs, required documentation, who is eligible to use the EZ application, clarity on limits for both the 8- and 24-week periods, PPP Flexibility Act and the safe harbor date, and the impact on year-end financial statements. She also explored financial modeling, with discussion of the impacts from COVID-19, cash management and cash modeling, contingency plan considerations, and scenario planning.

In the middle of a crisis, returning to “normal” feels far off. And after a mega-disruption such as COVID-19 or a devastating hurricane, many organizations need to envision a ‘new normal,’ as things will not be the way they once were. This webinar offers practical tips for getting ready for your nonprofit’s new normal. Learn what you can do today to create a path to your organization’s future.

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Nonprofits can – and should – be advocates for their missions and for the communities they serve. This webinar will explore what it means for a nonprofit to be an advocate and the differences between “advocacy,” “lobbying,” and “political activities.” We will begin by highlighting – and quickly debunking – the four most common reasons nonprofits think they can’t (or shouldn’t) be advocates.

Updated: September 25, 2019

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Is your nonprofit prepared for a natural disaster? Daniel Altenau of North Carolina Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster and Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh shares key steps nonprofits can take to protect themselves from the next disaster and craft plans to assist survivors following the event. Working through questions to help identify actions during blue sky planning, pre-event preparedness, and post-event response, this webinar will help participants:

New employee onboarding is the process of integrating a new employee with a company and its culture, as well as getting a new hire the tools and information needed to become a productive member of the team.

Family Forward NC created the Guide to Family Forward Workplaces to provide tools for employers of all sizes with practical tips for selecting and implementing 16 family-friendly workplace practices such as flexible scheduling, accommodations for pregnant workers, and paid parental leave.

The General Data Protection Regulation–commonly referred to as GDPR–is a privacy law pertaining to the collection of online data enacted by the European Union (EU) that took effect May 25, 2018. The law affects organizations regardless of geographic location, since EU residents may visit the websites of governments, private companies, nonprofits, or other organizations providing goods and services, and those websites likely collect and analyze online data related to those website visitors originating in the EU (regardless of whether a transaction occurred).

Learn about the importance of an organization's tax-exempt status and the kind of situations that can jeopardize a nonprofit's tax exemption. This resource summarizes issues to be on the look out for and includes links to more information. (National Council of Nonprofits)

Find answers here to some of the most frequently asked questions that nonprofits have about the Adffordable Care Act. (National Council of Nonprofits)