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 …
Posts Categorized: Director Duties
What Makes a Strong Board?
Expert views on the making of a good board contrasted with the board of MOCA.
Avoid the Payroll Tax Plague
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 …
The AG Provides a “How Not to” Manual for Charities
As CNN reported last week, the CA Attorney General filed a claim against Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV) accusing the board of, among other things, diverting and wasting charitable assets. The AG alleges that the board approved excessive compensations, failed to have an adequate policy on employee reimbursement, made imprudent loans, and donated money to another …
LEARN THE LEGAL PITFALLS OF NON-PROFITS
Do you serve on a non-profit board? Or do you count non-profits among your clients? Charitable non-profits operate in a world of laws applicable only to them. The attorneys of the The Law Firm for Non-Profits will teach you how to spot potential legal pitfalls of non-profits before they erupt into disruptive legal problems or …
Newsletter – Lessons All Nonprofits Can Learn from the Penn State Debacle
You may ask why a law firm that represents nonprofits would write a newsletter article about the abuse scandal at Penn State University. While the scandal centered around the abuse committed by former assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky, the scandal in part occurred because of the abject failure of Penn State’s trustees to exercise their duty. …