Working on a nonprofit board can a valuable and rewarding experience. But when the members of the board fail to ask the right questions about how their organization is being managed, the results often end up making the front pages.
Transitioning from the private sector to a nonprofit may not be as difficult as you think. However, because job offers don’t materialize out of thin air, preparation is key if you want to stand a fighting chance. The facts (and fiction) presented in this article will help make your nonprofit transition a success.
The legal department at McDonald's adds to the bottom line by investing in the community through a diversity pipeline project.
A non-exhaustive list of provisions to consider in connection with preparing a policy, agreement or legal notice for use with members and others that connect, or wish to connect, with an association through an online social networking site or in connection with a more formal terms of service or legal notice for a page, site or blog on a social networking site.
This is a very basic, plain-English set of Articles for an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(6)-type organization, i.e., a trade association or professional society or similar.
This sample or model is a very basic version of an agreement with, or charter for, a chapter or affiliate.
This is a sample layout for minutes of a board of directors meeting.
September 20, 2007-Nonprofit Organization Committee Comment Letter, Form 990
Nonprofit organizations continue to grow in number; in doing so, they have attracted scrutiny and are no longer able to "relax" when it comes to corporate governance. This article distills those governance practices that are most applicable and easily adapted by nonprofits, and provides examples of relevant governance documents that can be adapted to any nonprofit with minimum effort.
This is a sample checklist of key considerations for non-profit organizations who wish to start activities in a new country - such as identifying who can authorize entering a new country and specific activities, and the conditions under which and the resources with which this may be done.