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Supercharge Your Intern Program: 18 Proven Assignment Ideas Across Marketing, Data, & More

Whole Whale

problem, here is an awesome list of potential tasks that might be perfect for your interns. Social media analytics report Have your intern review the past year of posts and data from your major platforms. The right intern can bring an outsider’s eye to organizing and filing rooms like this.

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Where are the 2019 (and 2020) 990s? On filling the gaps in Candid’s grants data

Candid

There’s no universal date for filing 990s; instead, the end of an organization’s fiscal year determines when its 990 is due at the IRS. Add in six-month filing extensions and IRS processing time, and it can be two years before we receive all the returns for a specific year. A status update on filings.

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The 990: From Compliance to Communication 

sgEngage

All Form 990s had been released as TIFF image files making it both time-consuming and expensive to extract useful data from them. As a result of these efforts, coupled with legal actions, in 2019, the IRS began mandating the electronic filing of all 990s as open data. A recent report from the Dorothy A. Open Data Defined.

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How to Minimize Risk Throughout Your Grant Cycle

sgEngage

Create a Policy to Handle Whistleblower Complaints Even when you have an established relationship with a grantee and they have documented controls in place, there can still be problems. Ensure that your policy outlines that the individual who reports the violation will be protected from retaliation.

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Share Files and Collaborate Online with Box

Tech Soup

Box.org provides organizations with the Box file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service. You can use Box's cloud-based storage and collaboration tools to replace traditional on-premises file servers and traditional file-sharing processes. See the Box.org Donation Program for details about this offer.

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How to Set Up Your Nonprofit Accounting System RIGHT So it Helps You Grow

Get Fully Funded

The problem is that if you’re like most, you haven’t paid a lot of attention to your accounting system. Not only is it a mess to get accurate financial reports, you can’t get the data you need for grants which can wipe out your chances of getting grant funding. A simple report with a pie chart can easily show you that.

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Who, Where, What, and Why? Data Management in K–12 Schools

sgEngage

Data is everywhere—in every filing cabinet and software system—making it more critical than ever for schools and nonprofits to manage it properly and use that data to make more informed decisions. We also discussed how to incorporate existing and third-party tools to help with data management and problem-solving.

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