The Modern Nonprofit

JULY 4, 2023

In this post, we explore how these agents of change are fostering freedom and independence through activism and social impact, turning the ideals of liberty and pursuit of happiness into realities for those who are often forgotten. This organization goes beyond simply advocating for women’s rights locally.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

APRIL 3, 2022

Be familiar with every fundraising program, event, campaign, and activity so you can tell others (sustainers, major gifts, events, direct mail, giving circles, etc.). Create a list of donors who have not donated in 18 months and point them toward an upcoming event, or other activity. Solicitation (Passive and Active).

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 16, 2023

Understanding these key aspects empowers individuals to make a meaningful impact, actively participate in decision-making processes, and secure the organization’s long-term success. They prioritize attending meetings, actively participate in discussions, and take an active role in decision-making processes.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 6, 2021

Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 28, 2020

You may think this is an odd beginning for a public policy blog, so please bear with me. I hope as you plan for and execute on your 2020 priorities you will keep in mind the many external factors that impact your work and your day-to-day activities. Taking stock allows us to set new priorities and forge new paths.

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EveryAction

MAY 11, 2023

When you have a goal to meet—like asking a governing body to sign a bill into law, telling a CEO or other stakeholder to change a behavior or policy, or meeting goals around educating decision-makers on your issue area—you know you can’t do it alone. You need to activate your base and to move the needle on your issue.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 10, 2020

All while actively fundraising, since a donate button to the related nonprofit’s verified donation page is embedded within each post. The intent is clearly stated in our policy and all information requested is optional. We also abide by GDPR (EU) and California state privacy laws that came into effect in 2020.

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Candid

APRIL 29, 2024

I facilitated check-in meetings that fostered active engagement among board members, encouraging them to reflect on how their unique strengths could propel Candid toward its vision. The duty of obedience mandates adherence to laws and compliance requirements for nonprofits.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 17, 2018

The tax law and jobs act (TCJA) presents many changes for nonprofits to consider in 2018. The Tax Policy Center projects that individual charitable giving will decrease by between 4 and 6.5 The Tax Policy Center projects that individual charitable giving will decrease by between 4 and 6.5 percent in 2018. percent in 2018.

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Connection Cafe

MARCH 10, 2017

So what is a nonprofit supposed to do when trying to activate supporters around a critically important issue to their cause? While WWF’s climate change work is ongoing and touches many policy areas, this blog post shares specific examples from a three-week campaign window in 2015. Congress makes laws. First, some background.

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sgEngage

MARCH 29, 2023

A good way to make certain that the organization’s assets and reputation are protected is to ensure that there are proper financial policies in place, and they are being followed by all who have fiscal responsibility.

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M+R

MAY 17, 2022

The result was the Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs), based on the premise that you can not only train generations of college students about activism but win campaigns along the way. Many of M+R’s early staff were part of this entirely novel idea. He led the effort to restore public broadcasting funding from Newt Gingrich.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 21, 2021

As a nonprofit leader, you are likely familiar with donation solicitation laws. However, given the specificity of the law, it is necessary to understand what counts as online donation solicitations and how crossing state lines can impact your online fundraisers. What is online fundraising? and Canada report preferring to give online.

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VisionLink

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

As a former member of the New Jersey Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters (NJ VOAD), Aaron coordinated Hurricane Sandy and Irene response efforts for Mormon Helping Hands. Aaron has spent seven years as the Privacy Fellow for the Washington DC policy institute Liberty Coalition. Aaron Titus received his J.D.

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Classy

APRIL 16, 2021

The outdoors became our main source of activity and entertainment, reminding us that we’re surrounded by life even in isolation. Organization Mission: SF Parks Alliance champions, transforms, and activates parks and public spaces as the only 501(c)3 citywide nonprofit dedicated to this work in San Francisco. SF Parks Alliance.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

The book is divided into four sections: Section 1: Planning and Preparing a Hybrid Work Policy. They are changing as organizations are struggling to figure out what policies (including work location and time differences) yield the highest-level productivity and the company’s definition of success (e.g., Section 3: Making Hybrid Work.

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Get Fully Funded

MAY 4, 2021

If your organization relies on volunteers, even just a little, you need a volunteer handbook that spells out expectations, policies, and procedures. Most volunteers don’t know the law exists. You may have applicable good samaritan laws in your state. Harassment: Every organization needs a harassment policy.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. Facilitated by Lucy Bernholz, the panelists discussed how data mining, policy algorithms, and predictive risk models affect poor and working-class people in America. More on the new law here.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 15, 2014

As a long-time advocate for a global copyright exception and the founder of Benetech—which I started twenty-five years ago in order to make technology tools to address the needs of people with print disabilities—I was thrilled to become an active player in global diplomacy and witness the adoption and signing of this landmark Treaty.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 29, 2021

We should dust off those by-laws, pull out the board score card to self-evaluate our performance and bring in outside help to get our houses or in this case, our boards in order. . Individuals who sit on a nonprofit board are responsible for overseeing the organization’s activities. This is not the time to cower or take low.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. Look into pro-bono services offered by local bar associations or law firms. The IRS recommends that nonprofits develop conflict of interest policies to prevent any issues down the line regarding the appearance or actuality of impropriety.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Organizations need to have structures and policies to support and enhance an individuals work/life balance and enable healthy technology use habits including a right to disconnect from the workplace. Think standing desks, ergonomics, and walking meetings) . AI and Ethical Dilemmas . To understand the ethical dilemmas, see these scenarios.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 17, 2012

Over the past couple of years as I’ve guide nonprofits in preparing their social media policies or when I speak, I get asked questions that are more legal questions than about social media. Here’s a sampling: Our organization does advocacy around some policy issues. Check bylaws for provisions regarding lobbying activity.

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3rd Sector Labs

JUNE 11, 2014

There’s been a lot of recent activity coming out of Washington, DC … it’s a good time for an update. Consumer Data Privacy Activities in Washington. For example, consumers by law have access to credit reports used in making financial decisions about the consumer. It all boils down to ones and zeroes.

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Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Board will be responsible for monitoring how closely financial activity matches the actual budget, looking into how much programs and services cost, and whether that cost is appropriate. They should put internal controls in place and help write policies to prevent loss, theft, or confusion, using current b est practices.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 16, 2020

From preventing a Zoom meeting from being Zoombombed to ensuring that your event is following data privacy laws , digital safety needs to be ensured for all virtual events. . That person should then have a team that they can manage and delegate to if disruptive activity occurs or continues. .

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Bloomerang

AUGUST 20, 2021

However, some states do require other documentation, such as a statement of financial position, statement of activities, or other state-specific reports. Adhere to local mask and vaccination policies. Most states do not have specific laws covering online fundraising, making online fundraising compliance a grey area in most places.

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Bloomerang

MAY 6, 2021

Ashley Madison had a policy of not deleting any user information, including real names, addresses, credit card information, and other information. In May of 2018, the European Union law called that Genera l Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. The US Constitution enshrines privacy into law.

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EveryAction

AUGUST 25, 2022

But no matter how your nonprofit is doing good in our world, there will always be ways your work and mission are affected by legislation, policies, and local and national events, which means there will always be reasons to make your voice heard.

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Qgiv

JULY 3, 2023

A disability is any condition of the mind or body that makes it more difficult for someone to partake in certain activities and may impair their ability to participate easily in normal daily pursuits. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law. On July 26, 1990, President George H.W.

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AccelEvents

OCTOBER 16, 2020

From preventing a Zoom meeting from being Zoombombed to ensuring that your event is following data privacy laws , digital safety needs to be ensured for all virtual events. . That person should then have a team that they can manage and delegate to if disruptive activity occurs or continues. .

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Top Nonprofits

APRIL 20, 2022

For example, advocating for a law change may require the work of multiple governmental bodies, sign off by various elected officials, and also changing public perception — each of which could be an advocacy campaign in its own right. If your supporters are active Facebook users, for instance, you might engage them with a Facebook Challenge.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 22, 2013

Unfortunately, these TPMs create collateral damage in the form of disabling or hindering activities that are generally permitted. Textbooks in IDEA, the United States K-12 special education law The issue of TPMs is the biggest future-proofing question in the Treaty. In some markets, printed books are receding into the past.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

CalNonprofits anticipates more state and federal policy efforts to emerge as this industry and these practices mature and has released this Open Letter to Crowdfunding Platforms. The legislation signals the need for more responsible and ethical practices that support nonprofits, donors, and platforms. Principles for Responsible Crowdfunding.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JUNE 8, 2010

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. law (this is a wildcard issue right now). . • law (this is a wildcard issue right now). law today. •

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on the age of automation and it implications for civil society. AI and Ethics.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 26, 2011

It’s a complicated equation that brings together core human rights concerns about privacy, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly and the direct practicalities of real-life struggle with the ways in which engineering, policy, legal and design decisions are made by companies, or placed upon them by the jurisdictions in which they operate.

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