It’s All About the Volunteers

We explored volunteers in nonprofits during the month of April because they are very important to the nonprofit sector and to the individuals who choose to volunteer. This year, 63 […]

Measuring the Impact of Your Volunteers

Volunteer Evaluations Your Volunteer Plan should include processes and protocols for evaluating volunteers. We often neglect this important work. It must be done, and you want to make sure your […]

Valuing Volunteer Time

Volunteers can make it possible for your nonprofit organization to deliver programs and services to more people and at lower costs. An additional value, sometimes not considered, is the time […]

Plant the Seeds to Grow Your Donor Base

How are you going to increase the number of donors this year? Expanding your donor base should be an integral part of your fundraising efforts. There are many ways to […]

Your Document Management Policy

Managing the documents that are a part of your nonprofit organization can be daunting, particularly for nonprofits that have been around awhile! With advancing technology that allows us to digitize […]

Personnel Documents

Managing employees is an important part of your nonprofit. The documents relating to employee management, thus, are another important set of documents for your nonprofit—much like the organizational documents we […]

The Whistleblower Policy

This week’s policy topic is the Whistleblower Policy. A whistleblower is someone who reports an activity that he or she considers to be illegal or dishonest. The whistleblower is not […]

The Conflict of Interest Policy

There are some nonprofit policies with extra importance because they relate to your organization’s 990 tax form—one of these is the conflict of interest policy. The 990 asks if your […]

The Personnel Policy

Continuing our exploration of nonprofit policies, this week we share information about the most-important Personnel Policy. A good personnel policy protects your nonprofit organization in many ways. It ensures compliance […]

The Gift Acceptance Policy

We’ve recently been sharing news about policies for nonprofits, why they are important, how to develop or revise them and content. This week we offer tips for your gift acceptance […]