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Arm Your Nonprofit Against Financial Threats

Whether it’s inflation, trouble finding staff members in a tight labor market, or cybersecurity threats, nonprofit leaders have a lot to worry about. If making financial forecasts is harder than…

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6 Ways Nonprofit Retirement Plans Are Changing

Some provisions of 2022’s SECURE Act 2.0 (a follow-up to the SECURE Act of 2019) have been in force for over a year — including several that affect 403(b) retirement plans.…

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Encouraging Charitable Donors to Include You in Their Estate Plans

Even if current donations are your not-for-profit’s bread and butter, you can’t afford to neglect planned, legacy or deferred gifts. These gifts, generally made through wills and living trusts, often…

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3 Tips for Making the Financial Statement Auditing Process Smoother for Nonprofits

Nonprofits aren’t required to produce audited financial statements. But audited statements are more likely to reassure big donors and grantmakers about your financial stability and will generally be required if…

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Why Uncertainty Calls for a More Flexible Budget

Economic, social and political events in 2024 have the potential to negatively influence your not-for-profit’s budget. So if you generally prepare static budgets well in advance of each fiscal year,…

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Got Independent Contractors? Get to Know Form W-9

If your not-for-profit is perpetually shorthanded, you may have decided to engage independent contractors or freelancers to pick up some of the slack. Just make sure you’re collecting the right…

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Going Global: How Your Nonprofit Can Navigate Potential Obstacles

If your not-for-profit’s 2024 plans include international expansion, take care. Rules that apply to U.S.-based nonprofit activities — such as soliciting donations, recruiting members, hiring employees and selling products —…

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Don’t Ignore Outside Auditors’ Findings

Has your nonprofit had an outside audit recently? If so, did your organization act on the findings? The cost of not responding to audit results can be steep. Read on…

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Maintaining Your Tax-Exempt Status

Tax-exempt status isn’t necessarily forever. It may not happen frequently, but the IRS does revoke the status when nonprofits engage in substantial disqualifying or nonexempt activities. In fact, the agency…

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News for Nonprofits: Winter 2024

Will the U.S. Senate streamline the grant process? A bipartisan bill introduced in the U.S. Senate in July 2023 would help simplify the administration of grant programs across the federal…

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