Friday, April 20, 2012

Good Governance Makes Tax Compliance More Likely - Boards - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Good Governance Makes Tax Compliance More Likely - Boards - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Charities that follow certain good-governance practices—for example, drawing up written mission statements and comparing their organizations to others when making compensation decisions—are more likely to comply with the Internal Revenue Service’s tax code, according to preliminary results from a new IRS study.

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Some Nonprofit Finance Managers Don’t Know Much - TheNonProfitTimes

Some Nonprofit Finance Managers Don’t Know Much - TheNonProfitTimes: Financial managers of mid-sized nonprofits don’t know quite as much as they think they do. A study of 526 financial managers showed that 76 percent of the respondents identified themselves as knowledgeable about financial principles, but only 36 percent correctly answered three basic financial questions.

Monday, April 16, 2012

Turnover on the Rise in Pivotal Foundation Jobs - Foundations - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Turnover on the Rise in Pivotal Foundation Jobs - Foundations - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Turnover on the Rise in Pivotal Foundation Jobs

The foundation officials who matter the most to nonprofits are those who oversee specific grant-making priorities. Program officers now stay in their jobs a median of just three years, shorter than at any other time since 2002 and a direct result of how foundations are responding to new economic pressures.