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52 Tips in 52 Weeks: Helping Your Nonprofit Live Its Best Life
Earlier this summer, I read an interesting article in Parade magazine called, “Secrets to Living to 100.” I was struck by the tips that the article offered. Some of the tips were the kinds of things you’d definitely expect on such a list, like “eat less,” “exercise...
New, Time Limited Above the Line Charitable Deduction for 2020 Underscores the Importance of Nonprofits Providing Gift Acknowledgements to Donors
By Amy Coates Madsen and Henry Bogdan The “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security” (or “CARES”) Act established what is called an “above the line” charitable deduction of $300 to stimulate charitable giving in response to the pandemic.[1] Reductions to income...
52 Tips in 52 Weeks: Acknowledging Our Volunteers—Don’t Let the Opportunity Pass You By
With so many nonprofits cancelling, postponing, or moving their big annual celebrations, galas, graduations, and fundraisers, not only are nonprofits seeking new opportunities for revenue generation, they may have also missed out on their annual volunteer appreciation...
52 Tips in 52 Weeks: Employers Should Not Share Private Medical Information
I am an avid newspaper reader. For more than 25 years, I’ve been grateful for the opportunity to catch up on the news of the day from my own home without a computer screen! I’ve been interested in following so many different headlines and stories these days and I’m...
Resources For Nonprofits in the Time of COVID-19
We have developed a number of resources to help your organization navigate the various challenging aspects of life in the time of COVID-19. These include information about COVID-19, legislation relating to workplace safety and employee benefits, and guides to...
52 Tips in 52 Weeks: In-Kind Donations in the Time of COVID-19
We have had to adopt so many new important daily practices to stay safe and healthy in the midst of the pandemic: social distancing, wearing masks, staying at home, keeping up with the number of infections, are just a few. At my house, we have also been focused on...
An Analysis of CARES Act “Above the Line” Charitable Deduction
The “Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security” (or “CARES”) Act established what’s called an “above the line” charitable deduction of $300 to stimulate charitable giving in response to the pandemic. As you are considering your charitable giving this year and how...
Maryland Nonprofits’ Carmen Marshall weighs in on Nonprofit Equity Action Plans – The Chronicle of Philanthropy
Maryland Nonprofits Consulting Director, Carmen Marshall, has been quoted in The Chronicle of Philanthropy, regarding work with nonprofits on equity action plans! The excerpt of the article in which Carmen has been quoted can be found below, and the full article can...
52 Tips in 52 Weeks: Public Trust in the Charitable Sector
If you follow this blog, you may have read my post from a few weeks ago about the rising levels of public trust in America’s nonprofit sector. I cited a recent study conducted by Luth Research, and the Nonprofit Institute at the University of San Diego’s School of...
52 Tips in 52 Weeks: Professional Development
So much of our experiences in the last few months have been out of the ordinary. So many intense, long work-days with short turn-around projects, presentations, and meetings—working diligently to meet the needs and challenges before us. One of the things that strikes...