KNOWLEDGE CENTER
New Experience Nonprofit Services is committed to providing resources and information to maximize the effectiveness of nonprofit organizations.
BOARD RESOURCES
Subscribe to Boardstar:On Being Boardfree weekly podcasts about matters of interest to nonprofit Board Directors. Podcast archives go back to 2006.
- Boards of Midsize Nonprofits: Their Needs and Challenges
- 10 Dimensions That Shape Your Board - A newly published workbook to help organizations shape their governance model. Includes a board culture assessment, conversations to have with your board, setting goals and next steps, a facilitators guide, and helpful web based resources.
COMMUNICATIONS RESOURCES
10 Steps For Planning a Successful Webinar
Writeboard - a free online document collaboration site that allows users to save edits, roll back to previous versions of the document, and compare changes. This is a great tool for collaborating on copy, proposals, memos, letters, and any type of written material.
OneHub - Secure online tool for file and link sharing and project management. Especially useful for virtual team collaboration.
IRS RESOURCES
PUBLICATION 598 (Rev March 2009) - TAX ON UNRELATED BUSINESS INCOME OF EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS - This publication explains which organizations are subject to the tax, tax return filing requirements, definition of an unrelated trade or business, and how to compute unrelated business taxable income.
REVISED FORM 990 MINI COURSES - Presented as streaming presentations:
Preparing to File the New Form 990Provides an overview of recent Form 990 changes. Approximately 14 min.
- The Redesigned Form 990 Part I
Provides general instructions and focuses on the heading and financials sections. Approximately 37 min.
- The Redesigned Form 990 Part II
Learn about the Accomplishments, Compliance, and Compensation sections of the revised Form 990. Approximately 25 min.
- The Redesigned Form 990 Part III
Governance, Management, Disclosure, Summary sections, the Checklist of Required Schedules and Schedule A are covered in this mini-course. Approximately 25 min.
- The Redesigned Form 990 Part IV
A line by line walk through of Schedules C, F, G, I, M and R. Approximately 37 min.
ALERT - Effective April 3, 2009 the revised Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification Form must be used. The purpose of the form is to document that each new employee hired after Nov. 6, 1986 is authorized to work in the US. All employees hired after Nov.6, 1986 must complete the I-9 Form.
- I-9 Form (English Version)
- I-9 Form (Spanish Version)
IT TIPS
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NETWORKING RESOURCES
The Networked Nonprofit - Published by the Stanford Social Innovation Review, Spring 2008.
VOLUNTEER MANAGEMENT RESOURCES
VALUE OF VOLUNTEER HOURS
A new study by Independent Sector, a coalition of approximately 600 charities, foundations, and corporate giving programs, revealed that the estimated hourly dollar value of volunteer time for 2008 amounts to $20.25. The value of volunteer time presented in the report is based on the average wage of non-management, non-agricultural workers as determined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Independent sector increases this figure by 12% to take into account fringe benefits. The average dollar value per hour varies by state and ranges from $14.13 in Montana to $28.04 in New York.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board notes that the value of volunteer time can be used on financial statements, such as those required for grant proposals and annual reports, only if the volunteer is providing a specialized skill for the nonprofit. A specialized skill is defined as one which the nonprofit would otherwise have had to purchase had it not been donated by the volunteer.
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