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  • Checklist for the Most Important Provisions of Your Bylaws

    This document will help you to fine-tune your bylaws, making sure to include each of these elements as detailed.

     

  • Sample Request for Liability and Insurance Consulting Services

    Sample request for proposal for property and liability risk management and insurance consulting services.

     

  • Sample Bylaws

    This document serves as a sample for constructing bylaws.

     

  • Volunteers Cannot Claim Deductions for Time or Services

    While contributions of money or property donated to 501(c)(3) organizations are tax deductible, you cannot deduct the value of your time or services as a volunteer. See the most recent revision of IRS Publication 526's section on "Volunteers' Questions and Answers" for the more information about the rules for qualifying for various types of deductions when preparing a return for the most recent Tax Year. 

     

  • Trust, But Verify: Why Volunteer Screening is So Important

    Trust, But Verify: Why Volunteer Screening is So Important - In case you’re still not sold on the concept of screening volunteers, here are specific reasons about why you should. In a nutshell, it all comes down to managing risk for your organization. (GuideStar/Candid + Volunteer Hub)

     

  • Confidentiality Agreement for Board and Staff Members

    Sample Confidentiality Agreement for Board and Staff Members during an executive search (North Carolina Center for Nonprofits)

  • Can Nonprofit Board Members Receive Compensation?

    Nonprofit board members are usually volunteers. Even though compensating board members is standard in the business world, only a small percentage of nonprofits compensate board members. (The Balance - Small Business, 2020)

     

  • Background Checks, Screening, and Your Nonprofit

    Criminal history background checks are a single tool in a toolbox of screening tools that nonprofit leaders should consider. Certain positions in a nonprofit may warrant the use of one combination of screening tools that looks quite different from the combination used for other positions. (Nonprofit Risk Management Center)

  • Dissolving a Nonprofit

    When an organization seriously considers dissolving – whether voluntarily or involuntarily – it’s a difficult and complex process. Nonprofit Dissolution: What to Do When Closing the Doors (Nonprofit Quarterly) outlines the steps and tasks involved in dissolving a nonprofit with honor and integrity.

  • When Do I Need a Model Release?

    Kivi Leroux Miller shares a true story and provides a sample release you can rework for your organization. (Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com)

    When Do I Need a Model Release?

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