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Walking the Talk: White Supremacy Culture - Treachery and Transformation
(April 10, 2019 webinar) Tema Okun shares how we can ground ourselves in a shared understanding of what white supremacy culture is and how it manifests in our organizations so we are better positioned to challenge it.
Drafting a Memorandum of Understanding
Co-writing an MOU with a partnering organization can reveal many things about how the future partnership may function.
My Board Is Keeping Me Up at Night
(February 5, 2019 webinar) You'll explore some of the habits and mindsets that executive directors can use to create a strong sense of shared leadership with the board.
Resources on Federal and State Funding
Four resources to help you with federal and state funding opportunities.
Donor Bill of Rights
Best practices for managing your organization's relationship with its donors.
Tips for Effective Grantee Relations
Tips for establishing and sustaining Grantor-Grantee relationships by the Center's President Emeritus, Jane Kendall.
How to Start an Endowment
A series of articles on considerations for whether to start an endowment and how to go about doing it.
Guidelines for Hosting Effective Multi-lingual Meetings
A checklist of considerations when planning a multi- or bilingual meeting.
Table for Two: Can Founders & Successors Co-Exist So Everyone Wins?
In most cases a graceful exit, in which the founder leaves the organization completely, is the most appropriate way for an organization to manage the transition from a long-time or founding chief executive. However, the conventional wisdom about founder transitions has taken on the character of an absolute rule.
The Sweet Sounds of a Board-CEO Partnership
On paper, nonprofit boards and CEOs are required to work together. Yet instead of making sweet music to the upbeat tempo of a nonprofit's mission, many nonprofit boards find themselves working at odds with the CEO they hired.
360-Degree Look: Seeing Ourselves As Others See Us
In a 360-Degree Look, the board and the staff team seek feedback from those who stand around the outside of the circle (aka: the organization) as well as inside it: clients, community members, volunteers, donors, funders, and staff.
IRS Topic Number 762 - Independent Contractor vs. Employee
Determine whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee under common law.
Sample Consultant Contract Template
A sample contract for consulting services that you may adapt for your organization.
Building Community Capacity to Meet Public Needs
Identifies benefits that local governments receive from working with small community nonprofits, challenges that these nonprofits often face in developing internal strength, reasons that governments help address these challenges, and strategies that governments use to provide such assistance.