Top 10 Nonprofit Governance Mistakes
Failing to Understand Fiduciary Duties. When you volunteer to serve as a director or officer of a nonprofit, you accept the responsibility to act with the duties of good faith, due care and loyalty....
View ArticleNon-profit Directors and Trustees – Should Board Service Pay?
Trustee compensation is a sensitive topic in the philanthropic world. Many people believe that board members should serve out of a sense of giving back to their community. However, the philanthropic...
View ArticleLessons to be Learned From the Arizona Fiesta Bowl
Could one man really do that much damage to an Arizona institution as high profile and important as the Fiesta Bowl? More likely, the nonprofit scandal of the year was a group effort fueled by a...
View ArticleIRS Study Indicates Good Nonprofit Governance Leads to Better Tax Compliance
The IRS has released preliminary results from their study of tax-exempt organizations’ governance practices. As expected, the preliminary findings suggest […] The post IRS Study Indicates Good...
View ArticleConflicts of Interest – Why They Matter
As most nonprofit directors and executives already know, if decision makers do not disclose their conflicts of interest and properly manage them, there is no way to know whose interest they are serving...
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