Resources
December 30, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Give Thanks & Fill Your Piggy Bank: Risk-Savvy Year-End Fundraising Appeals
Once again, it’s time to start dreaming of turkey, taters, and cranberry sauce. Soon Thanksgiving will be upon us, which also means it is time for year-end fundraising appeals–an opportunity to give thanks to donors and share a cornucopia of...
Topics: General
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The Fundraising Issue
Download PDF What's Inside Charitable Registration: Resolve to Comply Top 10 Fundraising Risks for Nonprofits
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Keep the Crunch but Avoid the Bite in Sales and Fundraising
At a Risk Summit held in Chicago, we featured a workshop exploring the “sales” and “customer service” roles of nonprofit risk managers. The session was well attended by leaders keen to learn how to promote sound risk management and excel...
Topics: General
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
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: Risk eNews
Top 3 Fundraising Risks
Without fundraising, nonprofits would not exist. Ironically, fundraising itself can jeopardize our missions if we seek funds improperly or thoughtlessly. In the paragraphs below we explore three familiar fundraising risks. Failure to anticipate donor trends: Donors’ wants and expectations change...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Top 10 Fundraising Risks for Nonprofits
The words “fundraising” and “risk management” are rarely used in the same sentence. One reason the topic of “fundraising risk” is infrequently discussed by nonprofit decision-makers may be because responsibility for “fundraising” is often assigned to the development team, while...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Risk eNews
People Who Need People: Are you feeling lucky?
Nonprofit management experts often direct “nonprofits” to take specific steps to improve their governance, internal operations, strategic planning and fundraising activities. But as we well know, the “nonprofit” itself is incapable of “doing” anything—it’s the people behind the desks, on...
Topics: Governance, Volunteer Risk Management
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Managing Restricted Grants: Routine or Risky Business?
The article below was adapted from Mission Accomplished: A Practical Guide to Risk Management for Nonprofits, published by the Nonprofit Risk Management Center. For more information about NRMC's book, click here. (Mission Accomplished has been replaced by Enlightened Risk Taking:...
Topics: General
December 2, 2016
Resource Type: Webinars
Managing Fundraising Risks
Raising money for your organization is a noble affair, right? Are their potholes along the path to riches? You bet! Watch Webinar to refresh yourself about regulatory requirements that govern registration, solicitation language, and disclosure in various states as well...
Topics: Fraud and Financial Oversight