resources: on nonprofits q and a
On Nonprofits is a monthly Q & A column that has provided answers since 1995 to our readers’ questions on a wide range of topics of importance to those involved in the nonprofit sector.
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- When the Board Goes Missing In Action
- The Foundation As Sponsor
- Incoming Board Chair Serves on the Nominating Committee--Troublemaker Calls Foul
- Do It Yourself Strategic Planning
- Directors May Write a Reference for the CEO
- Directors Sitting on Both the Nonprofit and Foundation Boards: A Conflict or Good Practice?
- A Local Board is Taking its Beef with the National Organization Public
- Opt In, Opt Out, or Just Sent?
- Board’s Micromanagement Reflected in Training Requests
- Can This Board Member Be Saved
- The Board Needs to Get Out More
- A 501(c)6 Can Apply for Grants
- Transparency Does Not Extend to Personnel Records
- Do We Need to Incorporate as a Business?
- You Can Forego a Certified Auctioneer
- Organization is a Little too Closely Held
- It is Possible to Create Win/Win Relationship with a Competitor
- CEO's Arrest Should Be Noted in the Minutes
- Is Venture Truly Win/Win?
- No Magic Formula For Computing the Size of a Board
- Salaries in 2010
- Development and Program Refuse to Play in the Same Sandbox
- Should We Insure the Founder?
- Who Buys the Event Insurance?
- Back to School
- Asking For Donations? Be Sure You Are Properly Registered
- Secret Ballot or a Show of Hands
- How Can I Get My Board to Evaluate Me?
- It’s Not Our Event – How Do We Calculate Fair Market Value?
- Do’s and Don’ts of Choosing a Grant Writer
- Make the Founder a Permanent Board Member at your Peril
- Being Publicly-Funded, How Much Must We Disclose?
- I Want to Raffle My House for Charity
- Board Wants to Create a Separate Foundation
- Seller Beware when Selling Ads on a Website
- Tapping an Endowment During a Down Market
- Responding to "Request" for a Loan
- Tax Implication For Fee-Based Offerings
- Reader Asks, Can a Social Club Donate To our Organization?
- Do We Need An Audit?
- Replacing An Icon
- Responding to the Economic Meltdown
- A Policy Ensures Confidentiality in the Boardroom
- Defining Mission, Vision, Values
- Can Donors Expect Privacy?
- Diversity, Diversity - Everyone Wants Diversity
- Planning for the Annual Fund Campaign
- Public Pay for an Internal Tribute
- Renting Space to a For-Profit Company
- Two Vying for Job in Organization Where Dad Chairs the Board
- Compensation in Lieu of a Pension
- Smart Fund Raising or Coercion?
- How Well Did the Meeting Go?
- Valuing Art at Auction
- Dealing with a Traitor
- To Tithe or Not To Tithe
- Rules for a First Board
- Valuing In-Kind Gifts
- Founder on the Board, Yearning to be E.D.
- Who Gets the Honorarium?
- More On Committees
- Do We Need All These Standing Committees?
- 29 “Must Have” Items for Your Bylaws
- Closing the Doors
- What to Do with That “Gotta Have” Advisory Board
- Who Can Ask?
- Is Requiring a Board Application Asking too Much?
- Confidentiality vs Transparency
- A Raffle and the Internet
- The “Benefits” of Sponsorship
- You Don't Eat...Full Deduction or Partial?
- Clarifying Endowments
- The Public Has a Right to See Your 990
- Serving a Dual Master can be Dangerous
- Are There Strings To What We Give Away at Events?
- Limit Recognition? There are times!
- Today I am a Board President. Help, Please!
- Yes Virginia, There Is a Sales Tax Liability
- Foundation Boards: The Rules Aren’t Really Different Here
- Excluding the E.D. from Board Membership Decisions is Good Practice - Really!
- Contributed Services Not Deductible
- What Counts, What Doesn't When Determining Fair Market Value
- Fair Market Value can be Ambiguous at Auction Time
- Should Husbands and Wives Serve Together?