IRS FORM 990: WHAT SHOULD YOUR BOARD MEMBERS BE LOOKING FOR?

For most of us, April 15 marks the cut-off date by which we are scrambling to prepare our tax returns and meet our individual obligations.  For Non-profits with a December…

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ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AUTOMATION: THE OFTEN NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY

The past ten to fifteen years have seen significant advancement in the body of knowledge around best practices in Accounts Payable processing.  Despite all of that expertise available to anyone…

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NON-PROFIT DASHBOARD 3: A CULTURAL AS WELL AS TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE

In the previous two articles I addressed why you should consider implementing a dashboard and how to build one and what to include.  This article addresses how to approach the…

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NON-PROFIT DASHBOARD 2: BUILDING THE RIGHT ONE

In a previous post, I made the case for non-profits to implement dashboards to aid in accountability and to help them stay focused on what is most important to the organization….

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NON-PROFIT DASHBOARDS PART 1: THE ROLE AND REASON

The current trend in organizations is to distribute real time financial and performance information to managers in order to improve the quality of information available to them and to enable…

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IRS TARGETING HURTS MORE THAN JUST CONSERVATIVES

Recent news headlines are filled with sensational revelations about alleged IRS targeting of certain conservatively oriented social welfare groups seeking tax exempt status (under IRC Section 501 (c) 4) for…

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TODAY’S EFFECTIVE NON-PROFIT LEADER

We’ve witnessed tremendous change in the world of organizations due to the broad availability of information on the internet and the way specific organizational information is frequently shared via social…

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CROWDFUNDING AND THE NON-PROFIT

Crowd funding is receiving a lot of attention these days, as social media provides new avenues for raising money. More than 450 crowd funding platforms have sprung up in the…

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THE DEVIL’S DILEMMA- FUNDING OR FOCUS

Occasionally not for profit organizations (“NPO”) are tempted with what seems like a godsend but could serve as their downfall. Not for profit organizations are often stretched for funds and…

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