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  • Layoffs: Negotiating the Rough Surf in Your Nonprofit

    Layoffs that are motivated by economic or administrative reasons – such as loss of funding or staff reorganization – are common in the nonprofit sector. These FAQs answer common questions about layoffs. (Nonprofit Risk Management Center)

     

  • Loans From Nonprofit Board Members

    In many nonprofits, a time comes when the question arises: should the organization accept personal loans from board members? Although this article does not try to answer that question, it does outline some of the choices in how such loans can be made and can be used as a starting point for discussion with your board or personal financial advisor. (Blue Avocado)

    Loans From Nonprofit Board Members

  • Managing in Hard Times

    Get best practices and tools for managers of environmental and conservation nonprofits in challenging economic times. Learn how to track your finances, recognize danger signs, assess your options, and make tough decisions fairly with the best interests of the organization in mind. (Institute for Conservation Leadership and Environmental Support Center)

     

  • Maximizing Nonprofit Internal Controls: An Essential Guide for Even the Most Pure

    Whether your nonprofit is more like an intimate family or an enormous well-oiled machine, fraud can occur, and when it happens, it can damage your reputation, relationships with funders, and staff morale. In other words, you can't afford it. (Nonprofit Quarterly)

    Maximizing Nonprofit Internal Controls: An Essential Guide for Even the Most Pure

  • New Year’s Resolution for Nonprofit Fundraising 101

    With any luck, the dust is beginning to settle after a flurry of development activity during the calendar year end. Now is the time to inventory your organization’s fundraising practices and procedures to ensure that they are not only compelling but also legally compliant.

  • Nonprofit Fraud: It’s a People Problem, So Combat It with Governance

    How can nonprofits' leaders and boards better mitigate their fraud risks? First and foremost, they should focus on governance. (Nonprofit Quarterly)

  • Sample Reserve Fund Policy

    Sample reserve fund policy examples you can adapt for your organization provided by Propel Nonprofits.

    Operating Reserves with Nonprofit Policy Examples

  • Sample Signature Authorities Policy

    This signature authority policy serves as a sample of the permission to execute transactions established by relevant policies and permission to approve transactions for execution.

     

  • Fiscal Oversight, Risk and the Nonprofit Board

    One of the most important responsibilities of a nonprofit board is fiscal oversight. Yet many board members remain unclear about what exactly that means. Nonprofit Risk Management Center's webinar, Fiscal Oversight, Risk and the Nonprofit Board, explores the board’s role in providing fiscal oversight and risk oversight. Learn how to inspire your board to strengthen its governance practices.

  • The Why, Who, What and How of an Audit Committee

    An audit committee is considered a best practice for nonprofits. It helps the governing board perform its fiduciary and financial oversight roles, reduce risk, and maintain donor confidence.

    © North Carolina Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Inc. From Common Ground, a publication of the North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, www.ncnonprofits.org.

     

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