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Five Things To Avoid in Employee Handbooks
Here are five common mistakes found in employee handbooks and how to remedy them.
Insuring Volunteers
Get guidance on commonly asked questions about insuring volunteers, including what types of claims could be filed against your nonprofit and what coverages are available to protect your organization.
Key Person Insurance Coverage
When a nonprofit loses a key person, it causes a waterfall effect for the organization. Fortunately, the possibility of death or disability of a key person is a contingency that can be insured.
Skills and Experience Inventory
This skills and experience inventory can be adapted to fit your nonprofit’s needs in assessing the skills of your staff, designating duties and responsibilities, and planning professional development training.
More Sample Confidentiality Policies
These samples create a framework for nonprofits in establishing and building their own confidentiality policies and guidelines for their board, staff, donors, clients, and volunteers.
Retreat Centers and Other Meeting or Event Venues in North Carolina
If you're looking for a venue to host your staff retreat, strategic planning, or other meeting for your organization, this list of retreat centers and other regional venues across North Carolina is a great place to get started.
Document Retention and Destruction Policy
A template Document Retention and Destruction Policy.
Executive Compensation Policies
The board of directors is responsible for hiring, and establishing the compensation (salary and benefits) of the executive director/CEO by identifying compensation that is "reasonable and not excessive," but that also is attractive enough to retain the best possible talent to lead the organization. The recommended process for determining this is explained in this National Council article.
Form W-2 Reporting of Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage
The Affordable Care Act requires employers to report the cost of coverage under an employer-sponsored group health plan. Reporting the cost of health care coverage on the Form W-2 does not mean that the coverage is taxable. Learn more from this resource from the IRS.
How to Claim the Health Care Tax Credit
Many nonprofits have been wondering how to claim the small employer health care tax credit. Get answers from Small Business Health Care Tax Credit Questions and Answers: How to Claim the Credit.
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. Here are answers to your common questions about layoffs.
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 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.
Overhead Cost Definition Worksheet
This resource is an overview of different overhead definitions, and what may or may not be included.
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.