For a 501(c)(4) social welfare nonprofit established to accomplish a specific goal or promote certain values, risk may feel like a secondary concern to accomplishing the team’s mission. But to a [...]
Donors to nonprofits will sometimes make informal requests for how their gifts will be used. Fundraising professionals always need to pay attention to these requests, even if they aren’t [...]
Churches have many reasons for hiring marketing firms. Building an online image, expanding the reach of the church’s message, reaching new congregants (and new potential sources of revenue) all [...]
Massive, devastating wildfires have become an unwelcome part of California autumns. And every Californian knows that the next big earthquake may be right around the corner. After another round of [...]
Keeping the lights on and the doors open at a church takes more than religious commitment. It also takes money. Building a lasting religious community requires giving careful thought to how a [...]
Endowment funds are a form of investment vehicle used by many types of nonprofit organization to provide for structure and long-term management of the organization’s financial assets. Run by [...]
Businesses and nonprofits in California have been scrambling to understand their obligations toward independent contractors since the state’s Supreme Court delivered its opinion in the Dynamex [...]
The extraordinary reach and targeted nature of online advertising makes it an attractive option for any organization that wants to promote its work. Social welfare organizations, also known as [...]
When debts begin to spiral out of control, bankruptcy offers an avenue for an organization to take a degree of control over how it resolves the problem. Like churches, 501(c)(4) social welfare [...]
As a nonprofit gets off the ground, it quite often happens that its leaders are hesitant to take steps to organize the nonprofit as a legal entity because doing so could disrupt the interpersonal [...]