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What grantmaking practices should foundations adopt to best support nonprofit organizations?

ASU Lodestar Center

Mowrer’s Grant-seeking Challenges highlights that funder practices and requirements are considered one of the greatest challenges for grant-seekers. Foundations leaders need to recognize and understand how grantmaking practices can negatively affect nonprofit organizations and can lead to mission drift. Set clear policies.

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Online fundraising: Leveraging compliance as a development strategy

ASU Lodestar Center

When it comes to compliance with state laws, online fundraising initiatives have created a regulatory challenge for nonprofits everywhere. Approximately 45 states have laws regulating charitable solicitation activity. Harbor Compliance is not an accounting or law firm and does not provide tax, financial or legal advice.

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Online fundraising: leveraging compliance as a development strategy

ASU Lodestar Center

When it comes to compliance with state laws, online fundraising initiatives have created a regulatory challenge for nonprofits everywhere. Approximately 45 states have laws regulating charitable solicitation activity. Harbor Compliance is not an accounting or law firm and does not provide tax, financial or legal advice.

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How can nonprofits implement a strategic public policy agenda to achieve greater impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Notably, about 32% of nonprofit funding comes from government contracts and grants. When developing a strategy, essential considerations include the nonprofit’s mission, available resources, desired outcomes, stakeholders, external environment, and laws and restrictions. An effective agenda….

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Overcoming the Government-Nonprofit Dependency

ASU Lodestar Center

government funding accounts for approximately one-third of the annual revenue received by nonprofit organizations, primarily through grants and contracts. The largest portion of these grants and contracts, according to an Urban Institute 2013 study , is received by Social Service organizations.

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Research Friday: Legal Structure Alternatives to Lead Social Change

ASU Lodestar Center

So when it comes to choosing the right legal structure for an enterprise, there are several options out there, most of which are available in Arizona: For-Profit: Limited Liability Company (LLC), Partnership or Sole Proprietorship. For example, Arizona Home Improvement, L.L.C. is an active sponsor of the nonprofit Good Deeds Arizona.

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Research Friday: Lessons in board governance

ASU Lodestar Center

One large local organization that has made tremendous strides in their governance is the Arizona Sports Foundation, which operates the Fiesta and Buffalo Wild Wings bowl games. The vast majority of nonprofits desire to serve their charitable beneficiaries, whether that is through the arts, health and human services, or grant-making.