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How to Minimize Risk Throughout Your Grant Cycle

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To mitigate risk throughout your grant cycle, you need to know your grantees through relationships and documentation, support their internal controls, and set up a process for whistleblower complaints. Encourage Grantee Internal Controls All well-run organizations have standard best practices that employees follow.

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5 Benefits of Deploying a Volunteer Time Off (VTO) Policy

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Creating and implementing a volunteer time off policy can provide much-needed support to the community, help develop skills for employees, and boost morale. In fact, a 2017 Deloitte Volunteerism Survey found that 89% of employees believe that companies who sponsor volunteer activities offer a better work environment than those who do not.

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Don’t Let Staff Turnover Affect Your Grantmaking Data Quality

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Here are some best practices for effectively managing staff turnover and onboarding with your grantmaking software, including some methods of reassigning existing records to new staff members, establishing clear security roles, and building a comprehensive policies and procedures guide to keep everyone on the same page.

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Challenging Conversations—Tackling Risk

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Prevent Internal Injuries The first category includes the situations that we can, and should, prevent. These are internal challenges that might be related to culture, human resources, or operations. Both directors and employees should know which policies the organization has in place and how they are enforced.

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Building a culture of nonprofit compliance at Candid

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But before receiving funds, you need to show you’re legally registered, governed by a board, and have solid financial management policies. Before embarking on your compliance activity, take a moment to identify your team of compliance superheroes who can help share the responsibility and lend critical support. At Candid, we can relate.

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Tips for Activating a Culture of Wellbeing in the Nonprofit Workplace

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Last month, I was honored to present and facilitate an all-day workshop for nonprofit leaders at the Oregon Nonprofit Leadership Conference on how to activate a culture of well being in the nonprofit workplace, based on my book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout. Improve internal information systems.

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Is Your Remote Team Getting the TLC They Deserve? An Audit Delivers Answers

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My colleague, Joanna Pineda, CEO and Chief Troublemaker at Matrix International Inc., Your audit might explore any, or all of, these seven areas: Technology systems Policies and procedures Security Productivity Communication Culture Professional development How you present this initiative to your employees is critical.

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