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3 Top Compliance Challenges for Nonprofits + Expert Advice

NonProfit Leadership Alliance

In this guide, we’ll review expert tips for overcoming the top three nonprofit compliance challenges: Complying with governance guidelines Following fundraising requirements Reporting finances accurately Accuracy and thoroughness are key to maintaining compliance so your nonprofit can continue its important work.

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Can Nonprofits Escape Corporate Capture?

NonProfit Quarterly

At the same time, within this austerity framework, nonprofits increasingly fill holes in sectors ranging from education to healthcare to journalism to social services that we depend on the most and that have been receiving less and less government support. Nonprofits are a feature of tax law and corporate governance laws.

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When to Call It Quits

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As the Nicaraguan government tightened its grip on authoritarian rule, it was threatened by civil society organizations who possess the power to hold them accountable, receiving funds they do not control and investing those funds in services that preserve human rights, protect democracy, and empower individuals.

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Generosity Commission: Giving, Volunteering And Civil Society Complexities

The NonProfit Times

Gianoni sees individuals within the philanthropic sector, businesses and government officials as benefitting from reading the report. The report is targeted at a wide swath of America. “ Even our presidential race this year, nobody talks about it.” Even [within] our presidential race this year, nobody talks about it,” he said.

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Using Impact Science to Solve Hunger More Effectively

Stanford Social Innovation Review

As a result, 37 percent of adults received some type of food assistance from a nonprofit organization or a government service to help feed their household in the last year, according to a 2021 study by Impact Genome and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. So we aren’t spending enough.

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How Guarantees Can Advance Community Development and Racial Equity

NonProfit Quarterly

Image Credit: Charlota Blunarova on unsplash.com Private foundations are best known for their grantmaking. However, each year, foundations nationwide invest hundreds of billions, often with the simple goal of maximizing financial returns to fund future grants. At the most basic level, a guarantee is akin to automobile insurance.

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A Look Inside a Grantmaker's Decision Process

Lets Talk Nonprofit

There's a saying, "If you've met one foundation, you've met one foundation.". The front page of the newsletter read: "2018 Charitable Contribution Selections." (How This particular funder is a government entity. Build relationships, ask questions, and learn all you can about the foundation before you apply.