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December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Friends, Not Food
There are a host of memorable quips and conversations in the 2003 film Finding Nemo. One of my favorite moments in the film involves the strangely lovable shark, Bruce, and his epiphany about friendship at sea. Bruce reflects on the need...
Topics: Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Strategic Risk Management: Looking at Both Sides Now
An effective nonprofit manager has a thoughtful perspective on his or her organization’s past, and an educated idea of what lies ahead. Some of you dream big — predicting large new grants, praiseful national publicity and a growing demand for...
Topics: Enterprise Risk Management
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Liability and the Board: What Governing Teams Need to Know
With more than 1.5 million registered, tax-exempt organizations in the U.S., it’s likely that many times that number of Americans currently serve on nonprofit boards. Board service involves a commitment of time, attention, enthusiasm, and in many cases, a personal...
Topics: Governance
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Strengthen the Weakest Link in the Chain
If asked to name the number one resource that your nonprofit has, I’d wager that it would be your staff of paid and volunteer people. Whether that’s one person and a telephone or thousands of people spread throughout the country, who represents...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Liability Trends for Nonprofit Organizations
Employees. Former employees. Donors. Grantors. Third parties. Fellow board members. You probably don’t like to think of them as liability risks to your nonprofit organization, yet all of them can make your nonprofit the target of a lawsuit. Such lawsuits...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Play by the Rules or Leave
Violence cannot build a better society. Disruption and disorder nourish repression, not justice. They strike at the freedom of every citizen. The community cannotit will nottolerate coercion and mob rule. — Commission on Civil Disorder, 1968 Violence pervades the lives...
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Don’t Be Ensnared by the Risks of Fundraising
New Book Sheds Light on Fundraising and Collaboration Risks The Nonprofit Risk Management Center has published a new text on the emerging topic of fundraising risks: No Strings Attached: Untangling the Risks of Fundraising & Collaboration. An excerpt from Chapter 4: Individual Donors:...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Look Before You Leap
Exercise Caution When Engaging Consultants Expertise that is needed on a short-term and targeted basis or during an economic downturn or a drop in donations can spur a nonprofit to seek outside expertise. Those that hire consultants may save dollars...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Employment Law Changes for 2009
Looking back, 2008 was a very big year in the employment law arena. Changes at the federal level included amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and INS requirements for verifying whether a worker is...
Topics: HR Risk and Employment Practices
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Four Quick Tips to Understand Commercial Insurance Policies
1. Take Advantage of Electronic Formats — Many insurance companies now issue policies in an electronic format with headings that can be clicked on to zero in on a particular policy section or particular endorsement. This makes it much easier to...
Topics: Insurance and Risk Financing