...ReadingWhat is a Nonprofit?Key RolesThree Major Sections of Personnel in a NonprofitManagement Skills Generally Unique to NonprofitsCurrent Major Challenge: DevolutionRevenue: Fees and FundraisingUnique Nature and Struggles of Traditional Small NonprofitsGeneral ResourcesAdditional Perspectives on Nonprofit Organizations Also See the Library's Blogs Related to Nonprofit OrganizationsIn addition to the articles on this current page, see the following blogs which have posts related to Nonprofit Organizations. Scan down the blog's page to see various posts. Also see the section "Recent Blog Posts" in the sidebar of the blog or click on "next" near the bottom of a post in the blog. Library's Consulting and Organizational Development BlogLibrary's Leadership BlogLibrary's Nonprofit Capacity Building BlogLibrary's Supervision Blog Also seeRelated Library Topics Suggested Previous ReadingNote that the reader might best be served to first read the document Introduction to Organizations to understand the overall general nature of all organizations. As noted in that document, today's leaders are faced with continual change in their organizations. Consequently, today's leaders should have a strong sense of what their organizations are about. This document will accomplish that for nonprofit leaders. An organization is a collection of resources arranged to accomplish an overall goal. The purpose of a nonprofit organization is to meet one or more needs in a community. Each nonprofit describes...
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...Study 2 Methods and Procedures Used 2 Why Should the company go green List of green vehicles Reasons for going green Employee Reaction to Going Green Benefits to Going Green 2 Benefits to the business 3 Benefits to the Community 3 Benefits to the Employees 3 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations 7 REFERENCES 9 FIGURES 1 Fuel economy of the different vehicles……………………………………….6 2 Cost you save having a green vehicle ………………………………………...7 3 Miles per gallon ………………………………………………………………………? EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Eaton Pharmaceutical has decided to buy new vehicles for their sales teams. The company feels by going green in the near future will save them money in the long run. This can help lower the emission of CO2 by going green. Research was conducted in two ways: (1) A survey was conducted to the company’s four hundred employees, and (2) information about implementing a volunteer program was obtained from reputable websites. The report addressed the following questions: (1) what is the best vehicle for going green? (2) How does going green benefit the company? (3) Is it really worth going green? (4) How would employees react to going green? The research conducted that all parties involved in the volunteer program will benefit from it. Volunteer programs are a great way to increase a company’s public image while satisfying the community’s needs, as long as the company and the nonprofit share the same objectives. Some steps should...
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...States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.[2] In 2008, Timberland had $1.36 billion in revenue with a profit of $42.91 million.[3] According to the Timberland Web site, “Our place in this world is bigger than the things we put in it. So we volunteer in our communities. Making new products goes hand in hand with making things better. That means reducing our carbon footprint and being as environmentally responsible as we can.”[4] Timberland’s commitment to going beyond market success and corporate profitability is evident in the four pillars of its corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy. These pillars are as follows: become carbon neutral by 2010; design recyclable products; have fair, safe, and nondiscriminatory workplaces; and focus employee service on community greening.[5] Timberland is committed to using “the resources, energy, and profits of a publicly traded footwear-and-apparel company to combat social ills, help the environment, and improve conditions for laborers around the globe.”[6] Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland’s CEO, believes that the best way to pursue social objectives is through a publicly traded company rather than through a privately owned company or a nonprofit...
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...Whistleblower Policy Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Made possible through the support of the Annenberg Foundation About This Form: Public Counsel’s Community Development Project has designed the attached form of Whistleblower Policy for a California Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation to assist nonprofit organizations seeking to adopt or amend such a governance policy and the pro bono attorneys who represent them. This form is annotated with explanatory endnotes, including citations to applicable laws, alternatives and recommended practices. For further instructions on how to use this form, how to create a policy that will allow a corporation to answer “yes” to Section VI, Question 13 on the revised Form 990, and how to implement this governance policy, please see the endnotes. Public Counsel will update this form periodically for changes in law, recommended practices and available resources. For the latest version, see www.publiccounsel.org/practice_areas/community_development. Important Notes: In creating any governance policy, it is very important that a nonprofit corporation institute procedures that the corporation is likely to be able to comply with consistently in the long term. Therefore, this sample should be used only after carefully considering every provision, and a corporation should not adopt any provisions that will be too burdensome for the corporation to follow given its circumstances. A governance policy will not protect a corporation...
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...Best Practices Juliet Walls Utilization of Community Resources An organization must have policies and procedures to run effectively and serve its mission to the community. Training employees and volunteers on policies and procedures is important to keeping the integrity and competency of an organization. How an organization manages the logistics and how the community perceives them is a huge factor in the success and effectiveness of an organization. One of the community organizations that will partner with the new group is Hearts to Nourish Hope. This non-profit organization is extremely vigilant about their process of employment for at-risk youth. All students ages 14-18 must go through a stringent application process including an interview. Once in a position whether it is at the organization itself or community partners, students must fill out daily journals and self-reports on work and the procedures. Hearts to Nourish Hope has a great tracking system for how youth are doing in their jobs with employers’ daily evaluations. Though this is tedious, it allows for the organization to continually check on youth in a holistic manner. Because the summer employment is funded through a federal grant, youth are paid which in turn helps them manage their money and have real world experience. The county’s population has over 80% African American and an article titled “Culturally Competent Collaboration: School Counselor Collaboration with African American Families...
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...Problems Faced by Non Profit Organizations: Funding for Non Profit Organizations “Funding for Non-Profit Organizations” Introduction In general, non-profit organizations conduct business activities and actually raise revenues but their surplus funds are not distributed to owners or shareholders. They operate with the help of some staff who are, although paid salaries, do not earn as much as those who are employed in business corporations that operate for profit. There are also volunteers who provide manpower, skills and talents but are usually paid minimally or get no payment at all. As such, non-profit organizations are exempted from income and property taxation. While businesses and corporations are a source of funding, volunteerism renders the necessary fuel to keep non-profit organizations moving. By and large, non-profit organizations operate relying heavily on volunteer workers and generating funds through the assistance of business benefactors and foundations as well as through fund-raising activities. The number of people or staff that they maintain varies according to the size of the organization, but one thing that can be said about most of them is that they are generally understaffed primarily because of limited funds. DISCUSSION There are many existing international, national and local non-profit organizations. One common thread about them is that they exist for a cause, which, in general...
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...Non-For-Profit Fraud Authors’ Note This paper was prepared for Advanced Accounting, Summer 2013. OUTLINE 1. Introduction 2. The Reasons of Fraud in Nonprofits. 3. Types of Nonprofit Fraud. 4. Recent Fraud Cases: A. $1,000,000 Charity Scam by John Cody. B. ASPCA International and $27,000,000 Fraud. C. Fraud Committed by Anita Collins, Church Bookkeeper. D. Fraud Committed by Hugh Blackburn. 5. Fraud Prevention in Nonprofit Organizations. 6. Conclusion. Introduction. Most of us are familiar with the organization ASPCA (American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) and some of us even donate or consider donating money or time. But not many of us know that only 5 cents of every dollar collected by ASPCA goes actually towards the organization’s primary goal, which is helping animals. Just a few months ago a disaster hit NYC and the areas around. It is hard to believe but it gave great opportunity for fraud. Consider the case of the couple John Sandberg and Christina Terrassino, who launched a charity website, The Hurricane Sandy Relief Foundation. According to DCA (Division of Consumer Affairs), they have solicited more than $600,000 from about 2,000 donors. However, less than 1 percent of the money was given to the victims of the hurricane (Rose, 2013). Beside, consider the case of Anita Collins, a 67-year old church bookkeeper. She is known for stealing approximately $1,000,000 from the church she worked in (Huffington...
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...Sample Contents ii About the Criteria for Performance Excellence The Baldrige Criteria empower your organization to reach your goals, improve results, and become more competitive by aligning your plans, processes, decisions, people, actions, and results. iv How to Use This Booklet You can use the material in this booklet as a reference, for self-assessment, or as the basis of an award assessment. Your experience with the Criteria will help you decide where to begin. 1 Criteria for Performance Excellence Framework and Structure The Criteria requirements are embodied in seven integrated, interconnected categories. The categories are subdivided into items and areas to address. 3 4 4 7 10 13 16 18 22 24 Criteria for Performance Excellence Items and Point Values Criteria for Performance Excellence Preface: Organizational Profile 1 Leadership 2 Strategic Planning 3 Customer Focus 4 Measurement, Analysis, and Knowledge Management 5 Workforce Focus 6 Operations Focus 7 Results 28 32 33 Scoring System Responses to Criteria items are scored on two evaluation dimensions: process and results. Process Scoring Guidelines Results Scoring Guidelines 34 37 How to Respond to the Criteria These guidelines explain how to respond most effectively to the Criteria item requirements. Core Values and Concepts The core values and concepts are a set of embedded beliefs and behaviors found in high-performing organizations. 42 44 52 Changes from the 2011–2012...
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...This is page left blank The Strategic use of technology within non-profit orgs Page 2 Overview: Undoubtedly, IT or information technology has caused a massive development in all fields of science, society, economy and humanity. The impact of IT on human society is in a way that the world is rapidly changing to an information society. Any progress in different aspects of society and economy or humanity is the results of technology development. Technology is considered to be a key indicator for improving effective communication, and strategic operation within government and non-profit organization. As a student of Public Administration and my concentration and interest to the non-profit organizations, in this paper I want to focus more about e-government in non-profit organization including and strategies that non-profits’ IT leaders need to practice. Non-profit organizations work around the world to accomplish philanthropic missions and provide meaningful services for people in need. The number of non - profit organizations likely to increase each year, according to the Urban Institute; there is a growth among the non-profits based on size and financial impacts. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of non-profits has increased 25 percent; from 1,259,764 million to 1,574,674 million today, which acutely compete with the business and government sectors. (Urban institute reports 2103). Among these organizations not all of them are successful neither all...
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...Specific Programs 3 Family Specific Programs 5 Community Specific Programs 5 Use of Social Media 6 Personal Experience 6 Organizational Culture 6 Organizational Practice 7 Strengths 8 Opportunities 8 Central Challenge 8 Social Media/Web Presence SWOT Diagram 9 Brand Statement: 9 Audience 9 Tailored Message 9 Messenger 9 Channels to Engage 9 Organizational development Recommendations 10 About Our Organization Mission: We are a Christian organization serving children, families and elderly people suffering poverty and oppression. Through practical and spiritual support we give hope by meeting urgent needs and building self-sufficient communities. "Reaching people for Christ: helping thousands of people out of poverty into a sustainable future" Called to Mission We do this work because we believe we have been called by God to help the poor and needy. Our work is currently focused on six Eastern European countries: Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine. We work with thousands of children and families across the region working through local churches, volunteers and our own specialist staff. Values: * We are a Christian organization. We do this work because we believe that we have been called to it. * MWB employs only local staff, as they know local requirements and their own culture best. This enables us to identify and address the most important needs, while supporting the local economy. * We want...
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...Introduction The United States is the only major industrialized nation without universal health insurance. Over the years the inequities in access to care, quality, and the rising cost has led many Americans to be uninsured or underinsured. During 2007 and 2008, one out of three Americans under 65 was without health insurance. 86.7 million Americans were uninsured from 2007 to 2008 (Pifer-Bixler, 2009). The Foundation of Medical Relief, Inc. FMR was developed to be 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Our goal is to ensure every community member in the greater Kansas City Metro area is compliant with the ACA health insurance coverage mandate by January 2014. We try to keep the uninsured and underinsured healthy by providing access to high quality, affordable health insurance for uninsured and underinsured in the greater Kansas City, Missouri area. Kansas City saw an increase in the number of uninsured children. As U.S. poverty rate grew in 2009, 20 percent more people need health care help. The number of uninsured Americans was 49.9 million in 2010 (Stafford, 2011). Everyone is at risk of being uninsured (Families USA, 2009). Therefore, we developed Foundation for Medical Relief, Inc. (FMR) with the vision as to foster and promote collaborative relationships; will develop partnerships with public and private health services agencies and the community in general enhance the administration of the health care act. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was made into law in March...
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... A Plan for Stephanie & CHI TABLE OF CONTENTS Plan summary…………………………………………………………………………3 Budgeting Process…………………………………………………………………….4 Dash Board……………………………………………………………………………5 Non-Profit Ratio Measurements’/Standards………………………………………..9 Professional Development..................................................................................….....12 14 Rules for Managing the Board…………………………………………………..13 Closing Statement……………………………………………………………………16 Appendix……………………………………………………………………………..17 Supplemental Dash Board calculations…..………………………attached via Excel Plan Summary Community Health Initiatives (CHI) is a nonprofit whose mission is to provide education and support to chronically ill individuals and their families who reside in the surrounding metropolitan area. Stephanie has recently been hired as the director of finance of CHI and faces many challenges as the organization has doubled in size over the past year. The goal for both CHI and Stephanie is to develop a plan which Stephanie can follow over the next 3 months as she develops accounting processes that will provide the CHI leadership (executive director and board of directors) with the right type of information designed to be useful for decision support, planning, and control. In short, T1 Consultants will provide the following recommendations to both CHI and Stephanie to follow which will...
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...First Potomac Realty Trust is a self-managed real estate investment trust. They are one of the leading owners of commercial real estate in the Washington, D.C region. The company focuses on owning, operating, developing and redeveloping commercial real estate. The corporate headquarters of the company is located in Bethesda, Maryland (First Potomac Realty Trust, 2015). First Potomac Realty Trust strives to create lasting partnerships with their tenants, maintain their reputation as trustworthy landlords and to provide their shareholders with profitable returns on their investments. They are known to be an ethical and trustworthy organization and are committed to long-term partnerships with their tenants and brokers. They are also a publicly traded company and have a concentrated portfolio in the Washington, D.C. area (First Potomac Realty Trust, 2015). Energy and sustainability are the center of First Potomac Realty Trust’s corporate social responsibility initiatives. Their decisions are geared to meet social and environmental standards in a positive way (Tesia Vargason, personal communication, April 1, 2015). With the purchases of properties in the DC Metro area, they are frequently improving their buildings to meet LEED or Energy Star standards, which creates better efficiency for lighting and heat and the environment simultaneously. They believe that this approach creates the best value for tenants of the buildings and employees (Tesia Vargason, personal communication...
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...the sources of revenue are purely from grants and donations. This calls for proper management of these funds as the expenditure tends to exceed revenue. Therefore, the organization constantly strives for sustainability in ensuring that the homeless youths are safe. The major expenditures for this organization is on costs of educating the youths, providing food and shelter to them, community participation and the general administration costs. This is why there is need to have a well-planned budget that focuses on the major roles, objectives and key goals of the organization. According to Covenant House plan, funds to run the organization will be received from the sale of the organization’s logo items, contribution from the general public, grants and donations from sponsors and well-wishers. The funds will account for payment of organization’s programs and missions across the United States and Central America. The initial budget planning for Covenant House involves the selection of a budget committee from volunteers. The volunteers have to be members of the organization and be familiar with the operations of Covenant House in the previous years. In addition to that, they must express the desire of serving Covenant House as a whole and be equipped with knowledge of ordinary budgeting either at business or personal level. The budgeting committee will have to define the budget timelines, estimate the cost of resources required to achieve the activities of the organization and...
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...the sources of revenue are purely from grants and donations. This calls for proper management of these funds as the expenditure tends to exceed revenue. Therefore, the organization constantly strives for sustainability in ensuring that the homeless youths are safe. The major expenditures for this organization is on costs of educating the youths, providing food and shelter to them, community participation and the general administration costs. This is why there is need to have a well-planned budget that focuses on the major roles, objectives and key goals of the organization. According to Covenant House plan, funds to run the organization will be received from the sale of the organization’s logo items, contribution from the general public, grants and donations from sponsors and well-wishers. The funds will account for payment of organization’s programs and missions across the United States and Central America. The initial budget planning for Covenant House involves the selection of a budget committee from volunteers. The volunteers have to be members of the organization and be familiar with the operations of Covenant House in the previous years. In addition to that, they must express the desire of serving Covenant House as a whole and be equipped with knowledge of ordinary budgeting either at business or personal level. The budgeting committee will have to define the budget timelines, estimate the cost of resources required to achieve the activities of the organization and develop...
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