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How to Minimize Risk Throughout Your Grant Cycle

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Here are some of the internal controls your grantees should have: Formal Written Policies and Procedures You want to make sure your grantees have documented and defined ways of managing and tracking the funds they receive. How do you minimize the time between requesting grant funds and paying vendors?

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

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Public policy and the nonprofit sector. Public policy at all levels of government has the ability to threaten the work of all nonprofits (National Council of Nonprofits, 2019). At the federal level, we see this threat in tax, regulatory, and spending policies. Illustration by Yuxin Qin. Establish support.

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100+ Fundraising Tasks for Your Nonprofit’s Board

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Help edit or review grant proposals and grant reports. Offer to draft, edit, review and improve the acknowledgment emails or letters the organization sends to donors. Offer to review organizational materials and offer feedback on how it could adapt or improve its talking points. Cultivation. It’s easier than it sounds.

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Creating the Foundation for a Best-In-Class Nonprofit Finance Team

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A good way to make certain that the organization’s assets and reputation are protected is to ensure that there are proper financial policies in place, and they are being followed by all who have fiscal responsibility. Fund Accounting Software that Drives Impact Find out how Blackbaud’s Financial Edge NXT® fits your organization.

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4 Strategies for Proactive Risk Management at Your Nonprofit

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Strengthen Your Organization’s Internal Controls Internal controls are policies and procedures that nonprofits put in place to help avoid risky situations. Having your board review financial reports. Adopting a conflict of interest policy. The amount of federal funding your organization receives.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

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In contrast to for-profit organizations, nonprofits rely on donations, usually a combination of individual donations, grants, sponsorships, and corporate donations, to fund their operations and further their charitable missions. Look into relevant laws regarding starting a nonprofit in your community. In the U.S.,

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Run a Productive, Fun Nonprofit Board Meeting

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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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