You’re invited on a small road trip with us over the next few posts.
The journey begins at Point A with an October 2024 update to one of our most popular posts from last year: Some Charity Fraud With Your …

“What we know is this: much of our work just became simultaneously more difficult and more important than ever.”
Those were the first public comments by Geoff Green, the CEO of the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) on the uncertainties…

Before the pandemic, “burnout” was already a major worry for the nonprofit sector. But the COVID-19 years brought an avalanche of chaos and uncertainty along with financial and operational strains as the nation’s 501(c)(3)s answered the call for  extraordinary relief…

The landmark 2021 California law on charitable crowdfunding – Assembly Bill 488 – is now fully in force and effect. The final administrative regulations were published in April 2024. Deadline extensions and grace periods for the all-new registration obligations have…

“Admit it. You’ve done it….”
That’s the opening sentence of Breach of Duty by Ogling the Doughnuts (October 8, 2014). It’s a lighthearted take on a serious topic; that is, the effective and proper role of the directors of a…

“How does my organization measure up?”
In 2017, when the experts at BDO Institute for Nonprofit Excellence created and conducted the first of its annual benchmarking surveys, they explained that this question was the one most often posed to…

For many decades, “all levels of government have been entering written agreements with charitable nonprofits to deliver a broad array of services to the public.” It can be a win-win arrangement. Governments have legal obligations or have adopted public-policy goals…