This month, Common Good Vermont partners with Davis & Hodgdon Associates, a Vermont based CPA firm specializing in the nonprofit industry, to better identify the financial management priorities of Vermont’s nonprofit organizations. Complete the Survey The results will pinpoint the specific accounting services that will assist nonprofits as they strive for financial sustainability. Results citing [...]
Thanks to Anne Peyton, who’s working with Unemployment Services Trust, for this helpful article. Unemployment is far from a popular topic but, unfortunately, ignoring it doesn’t make it go away. Establishing a proactive approach to learning about and understanding your unemployment taxes, also known as unemployment insurance (UI), is proven to lower associated costs. These [...]
The Nonprofit Finance Fund just released their 2013 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey, supported by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation. Here is the short story: Nearly 6000 respondents from all 50 states–34 from Vermont–reported financial and management details showing the substantial changes that many organizations are making after years of economic stress. In the [...]
From Philanthropy News Digest: After years of economic stress, many nonprofit organizations are changing the way they do business in order to adapt to new economic realities, a report from the Nonprofit Finance Fund finds. According to NFF’s 2013 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey (15 pages, PDF), 49 percent of the 5,983 nonprofits that [...]
Special thanks to these leading lights of our nonprofit sector–in Vermont and beyond–for sharing their expertise at the Vermont Nonprofit Conference on March 21, 2013 at Fairlee Vermont. Here is the complete Agenda of workshops and panels. Alex Aldrich | Executive Director | Vermont Arts Council | aaldrich@vermontartscouncil.org |802.828.3293 | www.vermontartscouncil.org Alex Aldrich brings 35 [...]
Activist and fundraiser Dan Pallotta calls out the double standard that drives our broken relationship to charities. Too many nonprofits, he says, are rewarded for how little they spend — not for what they get done. Instead of equating frugality with morality, he asks us to start rewarding charities for their big goals and big accomplishments (even if that comes with big expenses). In this bold talk, he says: Let’s change the way we think about changing the world.
Thanks to MaryEllen Mendl of VT 211 for sharing this job opportunity! Vermont 211 seeks two PT Call Specialists Vermont 2-1-1, a statewide telephone Information and Referral Program of the United Ways of Vermont, is seeking two part-time Call Specialists. Vermont 2-1-1 Call Specialists take incoming calls and make follow-up calls on a scheduled basis. [...]
Common Good Vermont, Benchmarks for a Better Vermont are getting ready for the networking and learning event of the year! Fifteen workshops focus on managing results, being productive, engaging your community, telling our stories, diversifying staff and leading through collaboration. Don’t miss this unique event. Register Today!
IdeaEncore alerted us to this great resource produced by Vantage Point. A decade in the making, The Abundant Not-for-Profit infuses theory with tips, case studies and practical tools to show how organizations can attract, meaningfully engage and integrate all the available talent. From organizational culture to planning, from great governance to excellent people processes, the [...]
From our friends at Nonprofit Quarterly: The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) has issued a revised state-by-state analysis of the sequestration cuts that will affect federal housing and community development funding, among other programs. The revision is necessary because the fiscal cliff deal reduced the first year’s sequester amount to $85 billion. The [...]
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