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Statement of Activities: Common Mistakes and How to Avoid Them

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This walkthrough isn’t just a cautionary tale—it’s a roadmap to ensuring your financial narrative remains clear, accurate, and reflective of your nonprofit’s integrity and mission. Financial statements must reflect the true nature of resources available. Let’s dive in! 5 Mistakes to Avoid 1.

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7 Employee Engagement Ideas to Promote Philanthropy

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When companies take part in corporate philanthropy efforts, it reflects well on them as a whole and encourages employees to get involved. In this article, we’ll outline seven employee engagement ideas centered around philanthropy. Many companies match at a 1:1 ratio (dollar for dollar), but these ratios range anywhere from.5:1

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Ask A Nonprofit Specialist - Engaging the Board in Financial Reports

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Focus Attention on Critical Factors by Using Ratios, Dashboards and Other Strategies. Many ratios and other information can be derived from financial documents that are useful to interpretation. The Nonprofits Assistance Fund has a great resource that describes 14 different types of financial ratios. Like this article?

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Workplace Giving: The Guide for Nonprofits and Companies

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This is largely due to the rise of corporate social responsibility (CSR) , which reflects a company’s efforts toward improving society. Likewise, if you work for a company trying to implement or enhance its workplace giving program, this article will be a great resource for you, too. 5:1 to 4:1.

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Measuring Nonprofit Performance at Scale

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

We want to honestly reflect that variety. The field is hungry to move beyond simplistic measures such as the overhead ratio. Read the original article on The GuideStar Blog. Right now our primary goal is to accurately describe the diversity of programmatic measures across the nonprofit sector.

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Measuring Engagement and Return on Relationships

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Her case in point is the recent Washington Post article suggesting that Facebook Causes had driven very little money to charity and was a failure. As I blogged in response to the article, Causes is best for creating connections and awareness. Several of us disagreed with the thesis money was the only one metric for success.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The potential for being overwhelmed by technology is magnified in the workplace by something called “ Collaborative Overload ” Rob Cross and Adam Grant in a recent Harvard Business Review article. Team members reflect on their own remote working experiences and use that insight to create a shared charter for your nonprofit.