The Brown Act is essentially an Open Meetings Act that is specific to local governments and bodies in California. Other states have similar laws that pertain to state or local governmental bodies. The Brown Act supports one of the main…
Most states have open meetings acts that guarantee the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings where board directors of certain bodies make important decisions that directly affect people in the community. The Brown Act in California is a…
Nonprofit boards have needed tools to help manage their meetings for many decades. Up until the past decade or two, boards have needed to rely on manual tools to help them perform all of the necessary functions and activities. Boards…
If you’re like most people, you consider it an honor to be asked to join the board of directors for a nonprofit organization that you care deeply about. Every candidate who gets asked to serve on a nonprofit board of…
Behind every successful and prosperous 501(c)(3) is a healthy, vibrant and energized board. Board evaluations are a viable tool to help boards maintain their vitality. By taking what they learn from annual board evaluations and making a few changes, even…
Nonprofit boards spend the vast amount of their time checking up on employees, volunteers and other stakeholders. At least once a year, nonprofit boards should take the time to look at themselves — as individual directors and as a whole…
A lot of people are surprised by how much work goes into a nonprofit organization. It shouldn’t be surprising considering nonprofit organizations have a lot at stake. The organization’s cause is at stake, as well as the good that it…
The federal government supports the work of nonprofits by offering them tax-exempt status. Because of fraud relating to nonprofit organizations, the federal government is taking a stronger stance against nonprofits that abuse the privilege of being tax-exempt. The IRS asks…
Most organizational founders of nonprofit organizations find that setting up a nonprofit organization is a bit daunting, at least in the beginning. One of the necessary tasks is writing the organization’s bylaws. The bylaws serve as a guidebook for the…
Nonprofit boards don’t often talk much about their conflict of interest policies, but perhaps they should. Most board directors are busy people, as are those filling other critical positions in nonprofits. who have many personal interests and are involved in…
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