by Kari Anderson | Feb 9, 2021 | Board Topics, Leadership, Organizational Planning, Policies, Recordkeeping
What happens when bylaws are mentioned in a board meeting? Dread and confusion? Recoil and retreat? When bylaws are mentioned, it usually means one of two things: that a conflict has risen to the point where the bylaws must be consulted, or that someone is pointing...
by Kari Anderson | Jun 16, 2020 | Board Topics, Finances, Fundraising, Organizational Planning, Policies, Recordkeeping
Contingency plan. Lots of people (read: your colleagues) don’t think about this until they need one. Let me guess- you might have needed one in the last 3 months? I’m not going to say they are the most fun part of running a non-profit. It usually requires thinking...
by Kari Anderson | Aug 29, 2018 | Finances, Recordkeeping
This week we continue our exploration of nonprofit documents with a focus on financial documents. There are several financial documents that apply to all nonprofits: budgets, statement of revenue and expense, cash flow statements, audited financial statements, balance...
by Kari Anderson | Aug 22, 2018 | Policies, Recordkeeping
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 and store documents electronically, the need for keeping paper copies...
by Kari Anderson | Aug 15, 2018 | Evaluations, legal, Policies, Recordkeeping, Staff topics
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 explored last week. These documents, however, are...
by Kari Anderson | Aug 8, 2018 | legal, Recordkeeping
You probably deal with a large amount of paperwork if you work at a nonprofit. Keeping track of certain documents is an important task at any nonprofit. Among the most important are the documents that established your nonprofit organization—articles of incorporation,...