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Tribute to My Mentor

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

In honor of Gerry Davis, April 2018 My mentor passed away earlier this month. I have had the benefit of numerous mentors over my long career, but Gerry Davis was The Mentor. I laughed, because at the time Calera was an accidentally nonprofit tech company: it was organized as a for-profit but was still losing (a lot of) money.

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Raise the Board’s Financial IQ

.orgSource

To adequately fulfill the three duties of a nonprofit board member —Care, Loyalty, and Obedience—a solid understanding of the organization’s financial activities is needed. But a poor web design won’t get anyone on the bad side of the law whereas ignoring those important statements might. Is that even possible?

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Why Vulnerable Kids Depend on Government & Big Tech Getting Data Privacy Laws Right

Saleforce Nonprofit

IJM’s newest effort, the Center to End Online Sexual Exploitation of Children , partners with governments, industries, nonprofits, and other key stakeholders to fight the online sexual exploitation of children around the world. law enforcement to help launch IJM’s project against online sexual exploitation of children in the Philippines.

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Mentoring Staff New to Nonprofit Work

ASU Lodestar Center

Some believe that nonprofit work is more of a calling than a career, but when one considers that this ‘calling’ is responsible for literally billions of dollars changing hands each year in our own country alone, it’s a calling of high importance. Not everything translates from for-profit to nonprofit.

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How to Minimize Risk Throughout Your Grant Cycle

sgEngage

There are millions of wonderful nonprofit organizations working to make this world a better place. But for younger organizations, you may need to guide them on how to use their fund accounting software to automate these controls or set them up with a mentor organization to help establish them.

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How can professional development advance nonprofit performance and ensure sustainability?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Erin Larkins, Fall 2019 Alumna, ASU Master of Nonprofit Leadership & Management. When a nonprofit leader invests in the PD of their employees, it will have significant positive effects on fundraising and donor involvement. Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz. Second, better results for the organization as whole.

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8 Organizations to Support this Black History Month

The Science Behind Engaging your Supporters

February is Black History Month and while there are countless ways to honor and celebrate black history throughout the year, we’re giving you a place to start by highlighting eight nonprofits that are making major waves in their communities. Southern Poverty Law Center. Black women for Wellness. Black Public Media.

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