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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

Get Fully Funded

There are two things that can help A LOT here: organizational by-laws and Board member job descriptions. By-laws What do by-laws have to do with Board meetings? If your by-laws do NOT include these things, you and your Board need to make this a priority to create these policies and amend your by-laws as soon as possible.

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The data/crisis catch-22: How the pandemic created a social sector data gap  

Candid

The chart above shows the number of 990 filings ii that Candid has for years 2017–2022. To illustrate how recent delays compare to traditional delays, we plotted the number of IRS filings we’ve received each month for a given fiscal year (FY) in the chart below. ii This chart includes 990s, 990-EZs, and 990-PFs.

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How to Create a Volunteer Handbook Your Volunteers Will Use

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Staff: Provide an organizational chart with photos and enough information about each person’s role so volunteers can find the person they are looking for. Most volunteers don’t know the law exists. You may have applicable good samaritan laws in your state. Are there certifications volunteers can earn?

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Classy Welcomes Ford Foundation COO Depelsha McGruder to Its Board of Directors

Classy

During her tenure, she played a critical role charting NYPR’s path forward in the midst of an evolving media landscape, setting the course for the organization’s digital content and local news, talk, and cultural programming. McGruder is also the founder and president of Moms of Black Boys United and M.O.B.B.

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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

federal law supports braille instruction. Another major challenge involves the graphic content in ebooks, such as pictures, charts, and diagrams, formulas and special symbols. Accordingly, U.S. At Benetech, we agree that braille is an essential literacy tool and that every child who needs it has the right to be taught braille.

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Caravan Studios for the Win: ReImagine: Opportunity Winner!

Tech Soup

There, she builds technology that connects local communities to resources that help them solve problems and impact issues. This workshop brought together all the finalists with a broad group of experts ranging from architects to public relations professionals to law enforcement to, of course, human trafficking survivors.

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Navigate Change Management: Set Your Nonprofit Up For Success

Bloomerang

If the change is being forced upon you by a change in law, policy, or I don’t know, a global pandemic , try and tie the response to that change into the goal at hand. Sometimes they are huge, like switching CRM systems or restructuring your organizational chart. Be strategic in this answer. How does this change benefit them?