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Deloitte & Touche and the Points of Light Volunteer Foundation conducted a study that challenges nonprofits to consider whether time is, in fact, money. They make an observation: (that) while a majority of nonprofit leaders think the greatest contribution companies can make to them is financial, corporate contributions represent only about one percent of the total operating budgets of nonprofits, indicating an extremely limited resource and then asked 200 non-profit leaders and 750 white-collar workers about the value of workplace skills to nonprofits. What do you need to run your company? The universal answer: money. The challenge: Aren't skilled management professional volunteers just as important (or more important) than money? What if (and this will be a shocker) there isn't enough money to go around? They concluded that "Despite the fact that nonprofits and volunteers both place a very high value on workplace skills, neither are capitalizing on them t...

Do nonprofits need an act to prove our integrity? The whole notion irritates me. It irritated California Association of Nonprofits (CAN) too. After the bills passage, CAN issued a statement including this message: In addition to the fiscal burdens highlighted in the Governor’s message, we remain concerned that SB 1262 sets a dangerous precedent, detailing the composition and operations of nonprofit boards of directors, dictating the contents of contracts, and establishing government mandates for practices that are best left to the discretion of individual organizations. We urge that future legislation intended to improve nonprofit integrity not be conceived without extensive consultation with all stakeholders and be based on a comprehensive examination of the issues rather than reactions to specific incidents. In addition, CAN looks forward to improvements in nonprofit oversight growing out of the California Performance Review and to joining with the Governor to strengthen the wor...

I get so bored with the same old nonprofit themes at the same old boring conferences and the same old boring nonprofit rags. Yawn. If those are the yawns, the nonprofit bloggers are the antidote. Inspiration is as close as an RSS feed. And today I came across a new (to me) voice: Where Most Needed . Written from an Operations perspective, the blog covers topics ranging from accountability, performance measurement to fraud detection. Last week's article announced the death of nonprofit accountability in a post titled " Accountability is So Last Year ". The post suggests our funders will be nudging us to "transcend" accountability next. I've been fretting about preventing nonprofit burnout, staying off the IRS radar, how to reduce dependance on government funding...but now...it's time to work on transcending accountability! In California, the Nonprofit Integrity Act was only passed last January, 06, but it's time to move on folks! Seems even ...

IT'S A NEW WORLD: ADVICE FOR NONPROFIT LEADERS by pam ashlund A Desktop Guide for Nonprofit Directors, Officers, and Advisors Sarbanes-Oxley and Nonprofit Management Technorati Tags: Compliance , Nonprofit , Nonprofit Trends , Sarbanes , Sarbox