Posts Categorized: Board

UPDATE: New Misleading Mailers

April 4, 2013 Posted by Jessica Shofler in Board, News, Scams

Did your nonprofit heed our warning about misleading mailers? Hopefully it didn’t fall prey to the most recent misleading mailers we’ve seen. The first is titled “Statement of Information Officers List” and warns that failure to file a Statement of Information may cause an entity to become suspended. While the warning may be true, it …

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Another FREE Opportunity to Learn How to Prevent Fraud

December 17, 2012 Posted by The Law Firm for Non-Profits, P.C. in Accountability, Board, Director Duties, News

We’ve previously posted about the importance of nonprofits implementing controls to stop fraud. Have you done anything about it yet? If not, don’t worry, here is another opportunity for you to learn how to protect your organization. This Thursday (12/20) at 9AM PST, Nancy Church, author of “Not-for-Profit Accounting: A Very Practical Manual” and owner …

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LinkedIn Helps You Find New Board Members

November 20, 2012 Posted by The Law Firm for Non-Profits, P.C. in Board, News

Need help finding new board members? LinkedIn has unveiled a new program to do just that. The free service, called Board Connect, helps charities recruit new board members with specific skill sets. Charities have the opportunity to post details about their organizations and their current board members in order to attract new ones. Charities can …

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Heightened Review of Fundraising Appeals

November 19, 2012 Posted by The Law Firm for Non-Profits, P.C. in Board, Director Duties, Fundraising, News

Have you ever wondered whether fundraising campaigns actually help nonprofits? The Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance (BBB) is worried too, and recently announced its initiative to verify the truthfulness of these campaigns. The BBB is especially concerned about nonprofits failing to adequately oversee paid fundraisers, which the BBB believes frequently use misleading tactics to …

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Avoid the Payroll Tax Plague

September 7, 2012 Posted by The Law Firm for Non-Profits, P.C. in Board, Director Duties, IRS, News, Taxes

When we recently spoke at CalCPA’s nonprofit committee meeting, we mentioned a big issue plaguing nonprofits – failure to pay payroll taxes. For cash flow or other reasons, nonprofits often fail to make these payments to the IRS and the EDD. These agencies have taken notice and are going after nonprofits that fail to make …

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