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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? How do you track time and effort?

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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. It’s easier than it sounds. Canvas door-to-door.

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Navigating Regulatory Requirements for Disaster and Hardship Relief Funds: A Guide for CSR Leaders

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Relief funds offer a vehicle to provide much-needed financial assistance to individuals during unforeseen disasters and personal hardships. In fact, research shows that many self-administered relief funds are inadvertently in violation of regulatory requirements and/or are operating with inefficient practices. and/or non-U.S.

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Online Fundraising: What Your Nonprofit Needs to Do to Be Compliant in 2021

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Fundraising registration is generally required in any state in which you want to solicit funds, and states deem that solicitation occurs where your fundraising request is received. The other option is to outsource registration to a compliance solutions provider such as Harbor Compliance , or a law firm. Make it a priority for 2021.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accounting Software for Nonprofits

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Instead of generating a profit that can be disbursed to shareholders or reinvested in the business, nonprofits funnel their revenue into things like research funding, program expenses, outreach, and work that directly impacts their mission. Others receive grant funding from governmental agencies, private foundations, and community funds.

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Online Fundraising: What Your Nonprofit Needs to Do to Be Compliant

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Fundraising registration is generally required in any state in which you want to solicit funds, and solicitation occurs where your fundraising request is received. The other option is to outsource registration to a compliance solutions provider such as Harbor Compliance , or a law firm. Make it a priority for 2020.

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PPP Legislative Update – Great News for Nonprofits & Small Businesses!

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An expansion of the PPP loan program was signed into law early June? The Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act eases restrictions on how nonprofits and small businesses can spend their PPP funds. Here's a brief summary of the changes from the National Law Review. Did You Hear?