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Keep Your Gift Acceptance Policy Strong

Planned Giving

When a donor chooses to give their wealth to your organization, will you be ready? Read on for a few simple steps to build or strengthen your gift acceptance policy. What is a Gift Acceptance Policy? What does a Gift Acceptance Policy Contain? A gift acceptance policy is no different.

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The 10 roles and responsibilities of a nonprofit Board of Directors

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Plus, your nonprofit won’t move forward to fulfill its mission without capable, smart leaders who understand their job and are ready to do it. They should put internal controls in place and help write policies to prevent loss, theft, or confusion, using current b est practices.

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Nonprofit Board Member Onboarding: 12 Things to Cover

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Ideally, they have a deep interest in your mission and are ready to pitch in their time, talent, and treasure. In short, the board’s duty is to deal with the policies and the “big issues.” The staff, as led by the executive director (president, CEO…) implements that policy: the tactical three-foot view.

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Financial Audits for Small Nonprofits By: Kellie Brungard, GPC

Assel Grant Services

Audited financials are a common component of grant readiness discussions and are often requested by funders. Disclaimer of Opinion – This type of report shows a company is not compliant with GAAP guidelines and portrays gross misstatements on its assets and liabilities. Why Do I Need an Audit?

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Types of Nonprofits: A Comprehensive Guide

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Political organizations: Political nonprofits engage in advocacy, lobbying, and political activities to influence legislation and public policy. 501(c)(2) : This type of tax-exemption is for exempt organizations to create a corporation to hold the title to property the organization owns to minimize liability risks of losing the property.

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Nonprofit Tech Forecasts for 2013

Tech Soup

The International Data Corporation (IDC) estimates that just 3 percent of all data is currently tagged and ready for manipulation, and only one sixth of this - 0.5% - is used for analysis. She essentially finds that big data is a significant opportunity for NGOs to democratize data and make it public, and also to identify patterns of need.

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Should You Accept ANY Type of Nonprofit Donation? (And How Should You Gracefully Decline a Gift?)

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Here’s where a Gift Acceptance Policy can help (more on that in a moment). You might say to that donor “That’s a generous offer, but our policy says I need to take this sort of donation to my Board for approval.” Either way, your Investment Policy will outline how donated stocks and bonds are handled. Now you’re off the hook.

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