ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Question: I am the interested in starting a public charity, and I want to legally protect my influence and ability to control the affairs of the organization. Long answer: Public charities are an IRS designation of organizations that are organized and operated for exempt purposes. How can I do this? Short answer: You can’t.

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Bloomerang

JANUARY 22, 2024

the IRS defines nonprofits as “Organizations that are organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational or other specified purposes.” Having a clear corporate structure limits the individual liability of your nonprofit’s leaders, employees, and board of directors.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The drivers of hunger include conflict, climate collapse, and chronic structural inequality that systematically excludes vulnerable communities from decision-making and benefits some to the detriment of most. Devex and Global Citizen are engaging a broader audience — and Salesforce.org is playing a key role in supporting innovation.

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Collaboration Challenge Hunger Kenya 76

Saleforce Nonprofit

APRIL 12, 2021

Nonprofits, education institutions, and corporations alike are recognizing their roles in creating a more sustainable future. Most recently, we took a critical step in our climate action plan by including climate as a part of the company public policy platform, joining priorities like equal rights and privacy and security. “We

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sgEngage

JUNE 13, 2022

While funders may have in-country staff or advisors who can flag potential security risks, grantees are often in the best position to assess risk, and especially the risk to them from information being public. And, as another funder noted, the grantee’s decision on information being public or confidential may not be static.

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ASU Lodestar Center

MAY 19, 2021

Foundation leaders need to understand how grantmaking practices affect nonprofit organizations and structure grantmaking practices in ways that best support nonprofit organizations. Leaders and managers of nonprofit grantmaking foundations play a significant role in setting grantmaking practices that best serve nonprofit organizations.

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Get Fully Funded

JULY 16, 2023

And they probably don’t know what their role is in leading the nonprofit. 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. Ask Susan to take the lead role and guide the meeting through the agenda.

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Bloomerang

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Structural barriers to success The nonprofit sector is highly competitive, with organizations often competing for the same limited resources. This plays a crucial role in setting the direction and strategy of an organization, and can help to ensure that the organization is serving the needs of the community.

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ASU Lodestar Center

OCTOBER 16, 2020

As nonprofits attempt to tackle some of our communities' most difficult problems; funders, government agencies and the general public are actively calling for accountability, transparency and proof that a program is producing change. What does the decision making and organizational structure look like? Illustration by Jocelyn Ruiz.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JANUARY 27, 2021

Even the IRS plays a role in determining what nonprofits can pay their executives. For the modern executive, this looks like a generous PTO policy, the option to work from home or enjoy a flexible work schedule. Limited resources, social pressures, and board biases may contribute to lower compensation. Change the metrics of success.

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Forum One

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Our role is to understand our clients and their audiences and build the right solution with them—not for them. Through an internal compensation review, as well an external one to benchmark against market rates, we are actively evaluating our current salary structures to ensure that they are equitable across the organization.

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Bloomerang

APRIL 9, 2021

We are here to talk about the board’s role in fundraising and resource development, one of my favorite topics, and we got one of my favorite people also here to talk about it. So, again, it’s board roles and fundraising and resource development. This is not a trick at all and you all are really in for a treat.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

upon 12 data sources, t he report documented $30 billion in private, public, corporate, and individual disaster-related giving to address major disasters and humanitarian crises that affected millions globally in 2019. Nonprofits need support to engage in activities that influence disaster-related policies.

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Deborah Elizabeth Finn

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

It is really inspiring to see philanthropic and nonprofit professional engaging in public conversations about these challenges, and even more inspiring to see them taking action to create positive changes. Philanthropy Reconsidered: Private Initiatives – Public Good – Quality of Life. Tools: Reflective structured dialogue.

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Philanthropy Open Participatory Evaluation 98

Museum 2.0

APRIL 19, 2016

A few months ago, the MAH board and staff started discussing whether and how to create a formal policy for advocacy activities. Want to go straight to the policy? Why create an advocacy policy? A small team of trustees and staff members worked together on our advocacy policy. We educate the public on local issues.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 23, 2014

There is minimal structure or roles and as a living organism, the structure changes. Production Network: This type of network inspires and encourages collective action by members to create innovative practices, public-policy proposals, and other tools or products that lead to social impact.

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Media Cause

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Coming from a background in community organizing and public policy — specifically in the anti-rape movement — I understand the importance of effective messaging in advocacy campaigns. Digital media means we have the ability to tell our stories creatively that can help shape public discourse on a scale that wasn’t previously possible.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 30, 2018

“We met internally with the communications team, but then also with Policy and Partnerships. Those meetings led to content assignments, so everyone was contributing based on their role in the organization and the unique perspective they could bring to mission-driven content.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 12, 2021

We know that technology can play an essential role in reimagining a new system that benefits families and communities alike. A comprehensive solution will require a collective effort, and creative collaboration across the private, public, and nonprofit sectors. But technology alone isn’t the answer. It’s a human rights issue.

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ASU Lodestar Center

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Nonprofit organizations offer services to the public that governments and businesses do not. Hospitals, universities and religious organizations have long been the center of much nonprofit activity, but nonprofit structures are continuing to evolve. They are: Understand the Nonprofit Sector.

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Bloomerang

JULY 24, 2021

As noted in “ American Muslim Philanthropy: A Data-Driven Comparative Profile ,” a report authored by Faiqa Mahmood in 2019 via The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding, “The strongest motivations for American Muslims are a feeling that those with more should give to those with less and a sense of religious duty or obligation.” .

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Forum One

JANUARY 19, 2023

Different types of nonprofits will have different needs — e.g., associations are different businesses than research and policy institutes — so do what is more directly connected to your mission and goals.

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Care2

MAY 17, 2013

We all know that petitions are effective for list growth and influencing policy when combined with a strategic campaign plan. About the Presenters: Jeanette Russell – Organizing Director, Salsa Labs Nonprofit leader Jeanette Russell brings nearly 20 years of nonprofit experience to her role as organizing director for Salsa Labs.

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Eric Jacobsen Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

"While the global population is largely gender balanced, men hold eighty-five percent of senior leadership positions in public companies," states Melissa Greenwell , author of the new book, Money on the Table: How to Increase Profits Through Gender-balanced Leadership. An effective mentoring program demands structure. Measure progress.

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Connection Cafe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

In fact, “an inability to hire qualified staff within a limited budget” was the most commonly cited challenge in the 2017 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey , which also found that 81% of nonprofits do not have a formal retention policy. I’d love to learn your best practices in the comments section below!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Amira Achouri, from an NGO in Tunisia, observed, “As the communications landscape gets denser, more complex, and more participatory, the networked population is gaining greater access to information, more opportunities to engage in public speech, and an enhanced ability to undertake collective action.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 28, 2009

She’s sees her self primarily as an educator in this role. Eric didn’t refuse clients and learned to work with sub-contractors, but he trained them to work with the clients in a quality control role too. Recommends a book called “Consultants Calling&# — Geoffrey Bellman (it’s on Amazon).

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ASU Lodestar Center

MARCH 16, 2012

Alexis de Tocqueville, a French early nineteenth century political thinker and scholar known for his book Democracy in America , often pondered questions of societal well-being, or social policy. The emergence of microfinance and social entrepreneurship has given rise to new ideas about the role of venture capital in the social sector.

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BoardAssist

MARCH 24, 2015

Earlier this year, BoardSource launched Leading with Intent: A National Index of Nonprofit Board Practices , which is a comprehensive scan of current nonprofit board practices, policies, and performance. Structure yourself for success. Celebrate success. Building and strengthening a board takes ongoing, intentional effort.

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Government Leadership Nonprofit Facilitation 40

Kindful

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Nonprofits are legally defined by the IRS as “Organizations organized and operated exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, testing for public safety, literary, educational, or other specified purposes and that meet certain other requirements are tax-exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3).” Create your bylaws.

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ASU Lodestar Center

APRIL 3, 2013

Questions about the application for 501(c)3 status or form 1023 are by far the most common I get in my role as a professional-in-residence at the ASU Lodestar Center. Activities that are illegal or violate public policy. the exempt organization benefits the public, not private interests. Can you help? purpose.

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 19, 2017

Therefore, other factors such as program performance, governance structure, staff professionalism, fundraising efficiency, and other practices should be considered as part of the bigger picture. Looking at overhead alone is a poor way to measure a nonprofit organization’s overall performance (Letter to the Donors of America, 2014).

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ASU Lodestar Center

JUNE 28, 2013

Anyone who joins the Board now has clearly defined roles and willingly makes a personal donation in addition to actively fundraising.". preventive programs that can reduce the long-term burden on public. exceed $37,000 per year with ER visits, public assistance programs, law. deliver better social outcomes. enforcement and more.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Earlier this year, a group of informal science researchers, led by Rick Bonney of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, published an extremely useful report on public participation in science research (PPSR). In this report, the authors describe three specific models for public participation: contribution, collaboration, and co-creation.

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Public Research Participatory Report 36

sgEngage

MAY 23, 2024

Reputational: this risk could expose the organization to negative publicity. Review the Funding Opportunity Announcement Carefully When you start the application process, review the announcement carefully for programmatic requirements such as evaluation, organizational structure, planning, and outreach.

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Everyaction

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As policy changes unfold at the federal, state and local levels, the communities and issues we care about as corporate social responsibility professionals inevitably face uncertainty. Council on Foundations Public Policy Summit. Council on Foundations Public Policy Summit. Structuring Major Gifts Conference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 6, 2014

Societal Change: Impact on society, policy discussions, and conversations that advance sustainable practices. This is the process of building relationships with alumni by connecting with one another, with the school community, or useful content. This means that the person managing social media is playing two roles.

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