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New Feature! Nonprofit Trend of the Week Nonprofit Innovations disclaimer: this is NOT a plug - please read to end of article for pro's and con's! A friend introduced me to a for-profit product that dovetails well with nonprofit values. Produced by GiveWell.com , the product itself is called the "Healthcare Gift Card". There are pros and cons (discussed below), but first, what is it? Givewell bills itself as: ...a new way to help employees cover health and wellness costs. It is designed to encourage healthy living and staying well. Employees can use it to cover a variety of healthcare costs including co-pays at doctor’s offices and pharmacies or for vision care, dental care, health club memberships and elective procedures at businesses that accept Visa debit cards. Pros Giftwell tells us that Because the Healthcare Gift Card is targeted to work only with health and wellness providers, you can be assured your gift card will be used as a “gift of health.” Better t...

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