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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

Classy

WildAid uses a proven track record of success with a unique model that will support anti-wildlife consumption and anti-poaching in Asia and Africa, with the support of donations and awareness. Southern Environmental Law Center. How Southern Environmental Law Center Takes Action on Earth Day. Facebook: @nationalforestfoundation.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Although the most popular accounting software products- like QuickBooks and SAP- handle the needs of businesses in many industries, nonprofits have a unique business model and accounting standards and require different features and functionality from accounting software. by donors, grantors, governing boards, or by law.???.

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The Case for Copyright Exceptions and Fair Use

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Such action, the Court decided, didn’t constitute copyright infringement because it was fair use , that is, a limitation and exception to the exclusive rights granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work. It also underscores just how critical a balanced copyright law is for technology innovation. copyright law.

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A Jargon-Free Guide to Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies (L3C)

NonProfit Hub

An L3C, though, is a hybrid of an LLC and nonprofit business model, which is where an organization operates to benefit the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Other examples have included farmers’ markets, newspapers, law groups and art centers. Can I start an L3C? Should I start an L3C? All in all….

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Is Your NY Nonprofit Ready for the Nonprofit Revitalization Act?

BoardAssist

Requires that the audit committee consider alternative transactions and determine that the transaction is fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the nonprofit as a prerequisite for approval. . Contains procedures for reporting violations or suspected violations of laws and organizational policies. model whistleblower policy.

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Understanding Nonprofit HR: What Sets It Apart?

Get Fully Funded

In addition, nonprofits must comply with the same federal, state, and local laws as businesses regarding the treatment of employees. Alternatively, for-profit organizations can generally choose how they want to distribute work across their team and whether they want to see certain projects through or wrap them up before completion.

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Why Nonprofits Are Needed in the Sharing Economy

Tech Soup

Despite having modeled institutionalized sharing for literally centuries ( hello, public libraries! ) Sharing companies/platforms are just one place alternatives abound and money is flowing and good is getting done. There are some great examples of social good from innovative models in the sharing economy.

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