Nonprofit Governance: Outside-The-Box Thinking
At the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, nonprofit boards scrambled to respond to this enormous crisis. In the first month or so, many embraced emergency
Nonprofits: Unions & The Pandemic
In 1636, a group of fishermen working on an island off the coast of the Massachusetts Bay Colony went on strike. It was reportedly the
Revisiting Nonprofit Predictions for 2020
There’s a bit of OMG humor flying around the internet right now that’s gone viral because it resonates so well. With apologies to the anonymous
After Blackbaud: More About Nonprofits & Cyber Security
When the news broke in July 2020 about the massive security breach against Blackbaud, perhaps the nonprofit sector’s leading provider of cloud-based data-management services, there
Philanthropy Thought Leaders: Foundations
With the COVID-19 pandemic swirling around us for many months, there have been repeated calls for America’s private foundations to step up with bigger-than-usual payouts
Revocation Blues for the Nonprofit Sector
Let’s just say that the nonprofit community has another … “situation” … on its hands. Long story short: The Internal Revenue Service is required by
FASB Issues New Gifts-in-Kind (GIKs) Rules
Recently, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) published new rules governing how 501(c)(3) organizations should account for, and report, non-cash charitable contributions. This type of
Newest CA Employee Leave Laws
This year’s California Legislature wrapped up its business, as usual, on the final day of August, waiting anxiously to see if Governor Gavin Newsom would
DAF Reform Stalled Again in CA
This year’s legislative session in California ended on schedule in late summer, but there had been several interruptions by pandemic-related recesses. Lawmakers had hoped to
Community Reinvestment Act: New Life?
There’s an opportunity in the next few months for the nonprofit community to have a say on the modernization and reform of an important piece
Museums & Deaccessioning in COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc all around the nonprofit sector. Among the hardest hit are arts organizations. A recent news item sums up the
Quarantined Nonprofits: Cyber Security Worries
As COVID-19 quickly engulfed the United States in mid-March, the normal world of work as we knew it evaporated. Faced with lock downs and quarantines,