No Business Continuity Plan? Take These 4 Steps

If you’re regretting the fact that you never got around to finishing your nonprofit’s Business Continuity Plan, you’re not alone!…

Redundancy to Reduce Rattle

By Whitney Claire Thomey Being faced with our own personal mortality or the inevitability of losing a valued team member…

View to the Horizon: Managing Reputation Risk for Hyperconnected Organizations

by Katharine Nesslage and Melanie Lockwood Herman A famous Peanuts cartoon uses a cruise ship as an analogy for life.…

NeighborWorks America Training Institute

“Workplace Harassment: An Unacceptable Risk”

ACC Center for Nonprofit Studies

“Risk Management for Nonprofit Leaders”

Nationwide Amplifies Partnership with NRMC as Platinum Sponsor

LEESBURG, Virginia—The Nonprofit Risk Management Center (NRMC) team proudly announces a renewed, expanded partnership with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, now…

Light the Fire: Tell Young People How They Inspire

By Melanie Lockwood Herman Advising nonprofit management and governing teams is a labor of love for the NRMC team. We…

Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines

“Sensible Stewardship: Understanding and Managing the Top Risks Facing Nonprofits,” “Demystifying the Risk Oversight Role of Nonprofit Boards,” and “Risk…

Staten Island JCC

Executive Team Risk Workshop

NRMC Virtual Conference

“You Too: Workplace Harassment is Real”

Privacy, Smartphones And Nonprofit Risk

“Nonprofits have faced a series of challenges raised by the use of modern technology starting with use of cell phones…

Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal: From the Start, a Risk Management Nightmare

“Many organizations refuse to believe their colleagues are capable of such heinous acts so they won’t see the signs. They…

Cape Cod Museum donation turns on legality

It sounds like this museum is in between the proverbial rock and a hard place.” “

5 Ways A Safe Workplace Cuts Costs

“It’s hard to picture a ‘typical’ nonprofit workplace. Nonprofits operate from traditional urban office environments, as well as summer camps…

Reputational harm, EPL among risks facing nonprofits

This article by BI writer Matt Dunning explores the wide world of financial legal liability” for leaders of nonprofit organizations.…

Great American Insurance Group
Enrolls as Corporate Sustainer for Nonprofit Risk Management Center

April 25, 2012 — (Leesburg, VA) The Nonprofit Risk Management Center (“The Center”) is pleased to announce that Great American…

Executive Director Melanie Herman Named to The NonProfit Times 2012 Power & Influence Top 50

CONTACT: Chris Croll, Director of Marketing and Communications, (202) 785-3891 or

Weighing the Appetite for Risk

Editor Paul Clolery writes about Melanie Herman’s three-hour workshop on Enterprise Risk Management” at the Nonprofit Financial Executives Forum sponsored…

Managing Risk in the New Normal

This article by Center CEO Melanie Herman explores 6 aspects of the risk landscape facing nonprofits in 2013.

Ignoring Stress in the Workplace Puts Your Mission in Peril

This article offers tips on taking a proactive approach to stress in a nonprofit workplace.

The Risks of Nonprofit Volunteering

Melanie Herman & Emily Stumhofer This article explores potential risks associated with nonprofit fundraising using volunteers. Both Melanie and Emily…

7 tips for handling a crisis

Melanie Herman This article reviews Melanie Herman’s popular 2015 Risk Summit session, Mamma Mia! Tools and Tips for Managing a…