Top 10 Critical Policies for Nonprofits

Having good policies is essential to good governance.

Most nonprofits have policies on conflicts of interest, whistleblowers and document destruction and retention because the IRS asks if you have them on your Form 990 tax information return.  We will discuss in detail the critical issues in these policies so that you can see if your policies measure up well for your needs.

We will also go deep on some additional policies of real importance in the current environment.

We will discuss compensation policies.  People often look first at the compensation section of your 990 and raise questions if the compensation looks too rich - or too low!  How do you justify the amounts?

We will look at confidentiality policies.  Penn State University has a very complicated relationship with confidentiality and finds itself in trouble from both sides of the issue and in court frequently.

Advocacy policies, how your organization determines whether and how to take positions on important public issues affecting its opportunities.

We will look at third party fundraising policies.  How can you let your biggest supporters help you raise funds while protecting your organization from potential liabilities?

We will look at social media policies.  Can you control how your employees are talking about you on line, from their homes, late at night?

Remote work policies. Even with many employees returned to the office, there are still a lot of people working virtually and on the road - does this policy need a refresh?

We will look at privacy and data security policies in view of increasing scrutiny and potential liabilities for breach.

We will take a deep dive into these policies, discussing the key components of each policy and reviewing various sample policies to help understand how you can not only adopt the policy - but live the policy! Enacting and following these important policies that protect nonprofit organizations and the people who work for them are essential to promote trust and accountability in the sector. We will highlight policies promulgated and copyrighted by PANO and the Standards for Excellence Institute, the national program for ethics and accountability in the nonprofit sector. Having good policies is essential to good governance.  Following your policies is even more essential.  Having good policies that aren’t followed is a real danger in litigation.

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Here is what some of the participants have said about our previous policy webinars.

Here are some comments on evaluations of previous presentations:

• "Well organized, clear, helpful."
• "Excellent"
• "I learned a lot.  We will be editing some policies."
• "Positional conflict was a new concept."
• "Well done!"

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