Employment policies are complex, may vary from state to state, and leave plenty of room for missteps that could cost you thousands of dollars.
On the Edge: The Financial Health of Human-Service Providers
Editors’ Note: As the likes of Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, and AIG live or die in the financial markets based in part on the strength or weakness of their assets and their ability to absorb financial shocks, many NPQ readers across the country will no doubt be considering their own financial stability and the perilous cutbacks that keep nonprofit service providers on the edge.
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Election 2008: More Organizations Engaging More Voters
Who votes matters, and building power within a nonprofit community can dramatically affect people’s lives.
A Board’s Guide to Surpluses and Deficits
Is a surplus always a surplus and a deficit always a deficit? Not really. Here’s how you can tell the difference.
Navigating the Path of Socially Responsible Investment
Socially responsible investment options are no longer just for the large and sophisticated.
Financial Transactions with Your Board: Who Is Looking?
In a first-of-its-kind study, nonprofits report on their transactions with board members, some for the better and some for the worse.
In Economic Redevelopment Nonprofits Should Not Get Stuck in the Bleachers
Nonprofits have a vital role to play in economic redevelopment. The author presents contrasting case studies.
Online Volunteering Enters Middle Age
Online volunteering seems new to some and old hat to others. The author discusses where it’s been, where it’s going, and how to get it right.
Preparing an Organization to Sustain Capable Leadership
By accident or design, your organization will change leadership. The author offers a range of steps you can take to ensure the organization maintains its equilibrium.
Emotional Returns Sometimes the Most Measurable
Outcome measurements or a good story, which is more attractive?
Paul Light on Governance Fads and Fancies
My friend, Professor Light, makes fun of these missives to you (and him). So to introduce our recent interview with him that appears in the Summer issue, on why sometimes you should just eat the bagels you bought for the board meeting, I offer this reflection . . . I take a ferry in to
Innovative Compensation Strategies — Got Any?
Just recently, I was talking with a young man who was telling me that he and a friend had run up a bunch of credit cards starting what is now a successful youth organization; a risky strategy harkening back to Spike Lee’s early movie making. When you got that fire in your belly to do