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Learn To Say Yes!

Planned Giving

You don’t create the world’s most popular computing products, revolutionize the manufacturing process or invent the airplane by playing it safe. ” Nonprofits create gift acceptance policies for a reason—some gifts just won’t work, or are not worth the potential complications. And nonprofits are not known for taking risks.

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Due diligence is a two-way street

Strategic Grants

Some for-purpose organisations will have clear guidelines in their gift acceptance policy and related processes to effectively make this assessment. When we think of due diligence in fundraising and philanthropy, often the focus is on the donor conducting due diligence on the beneficiary organisation.

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Appeals Court Rules Funding Process A Contract, Not A Grant

The NonProfit Times

So American Alliance’s alleged injuries don’t show “a real controversy with real impact on real persons” among its membership… Rather, they reflect an attempt to manufacture an ‘injury’ to allow American Alliance to challenge the Contest. This is not the final outcome in this case; it is a preliminary ruling without a full factual record.

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Understanding Nonprofit HR: What Sets It Apart?

Get Fully Funded

And you need the right practices and policies in place to ensure those employees are prepared to do their jobs well and have a positive employment experience at your organization. These include the Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA requirements, social security policies, and all state and local regulations. Recruitment and retention.

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Refurbishment Arrives On the Big Stage

Tech Soup

It is the United States' first comprehensive policy that addresses the proper handling of used or discarded electronics devices. The policy is designed to increase industrial capacity in electronics recycling, refurbishment, and remanufacturing to increase the number of US-based green jobs and the safe handling of discarded electronics.

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The Future of Mobile Video: The Good, the Bad, and How It Affects Nonprofits

Tech Soup

During the keynote, Wheeler noted that the influx of people using high-speed 4G LTE networks on their mobile phones has motivated the FCC to revise its policy on mobile broadband under net neutrality rules. It has been a busy few weeks for mobile news … but then again, when isn't it busy? Net Neutrality and Mobile Video.

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Auction Management: Managing Your Items

Qgiv

That’s why your nonprofit needs its own auction item management policies. If the manufacturer shared measurements and other helpful details, you can pull that information from the packaging and type it up in the description. Otherwise checkout might wind up looking a little like this: How to collect auction items.