Use these sample bylaws as a model for organizations without members.
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Use these sample bylaws as a model for organizations without members.
As part of the executive transition process, it's helpful to create an outline and timeline of your communications plan. Adapt this template from Giving Ideas, LLC for your organization's executive transition.
The Nonprofit Risk Management Center has simplified risk management planning with three versions of worksheets for organizations to identify their risks, assess how these risks will affect operations and your organizational readiness, and create action plans to address or mitigate risks.
The Technology Association of Grantmakers and Tech Impact (a Money-Saving Partner of the Center) partnered to compile resources and topical toolkits within How to Fund Nonprofit Tech: A Guide for Funders and Nonprofits.
A business impact analysis (BIA) is often a key component of a Business Continuity Plan (BCP). A BIA identifies the impact of downtime for various activities and processes. Your BIA should help you determine which functions must continue without interruption, which can be scaled back or shuttered temporarily, and the desired timeframe for recovery and restoration.
This Business Impact Analysis Worksheet is a fillable template from Nonprofit Risk Management Center.
Contemporary workplaces feature many competing responsibilities which vie for an employee's time. It is therefore all the more important to dedicate time to reinforcing the skills and knowledge your staff or volunteers need to perform their duties.
In order to maintain their tax-exempt status, 501(c)(3) charities receiving federal or other government awards may need to comply with various rules from federal and state entities, including but not limited to the IRS, the particular U.S. federal agency funding the grant (HUD, FEMA, etc.), and/or state laws governing purchases.
Anniversary or other milestones can be a golden opportunity for renewing relationships, sharing your organization's impact, and possibly raising some extra funds. Many of the resources below agree: if you want to have an anniversary event or digital campaign, start planning early!
Getting Started with Your Anniversary Plan
The segregation of duties essentially boils down to assigning different personnel to different steps in the processes of managing the nonprofit's money. The premise of this practice is that, the more people involved in the management of assets, the less likely for there to be instances of theft or fraud when compared to one individual possessing near complete control over a process.