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What to Keep in Your Treasurer's Bin

An Essential Organizational Tool for Volunteer Treasurers Part of making your treasurer duties easier is making sure that you have the tools for the job and that they are handy! Most seasoned treasurers find that a bin of some sort is invaluable – this is the perfect place to store this year’s information. If the…

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22 Nonprofit Treasurer Tips

As a volunteer treasurer for a non-profit organization, it is not enough to be honest; you must also take steps that will enable you to back up your honest treasury practices. Follow These Basic Treasury Tips to Protect all Individuals in your Organization: Always have at least 2 people count money Use a standard counting…

Google Apps for Nonprofits

What is Google Apps for Nonprofits?

Google Apps for Nonprofits is the free edition of the famed productivity suite from the Mountain View, CA based company. The suite gives you powerful tools that can help your organization with productivity, organization and perception. We think Google Apps combined with MoneyMinder treasury software for nonprofits would make a killer toolset sure to help…

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25 Top Environmental Non-Profits

There are hundreds of environmental non-profits in existence, each dedicated to protecting, researching, and affecting change when it comes to planet earth and its inhabitants. While NonProfit Central’s software doesn’t support large-scale non-profit organizations like many of these, we are forever immersed in the non-profit world. And with recent stories about the validity of non-profit…

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How to Handle Non-Profit Paperwork

Feeling a little overwhelmed and like you’ve time warped back to the 1980’s with all the paperwork that comes with running a non-profit? Unfortunately, some paperwork is necessary, but there are ways and means to keep it manageable. The best way to handle non-profit paperwork is to maintain a very organized paper trail by sticking…

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What is "Giving Tuesday"?

There’s Thanksgiving, a day for thanks. There’s Black Friday, the day where crazy people camp out at stores to get great deals. Small Business Saturday comes next with an emphasis on local business. Then there’s Cyber Monday, when those with desk jobs avoid their work duties while they shop online for the deals. What’s next?…

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25 Holiday Fundraising Ideas for Non-Profits

Holiday Parties No matter the denomination, everyone loves a good holiday celebration. Why not organize one this year as a fundraiser for your non-profit group or club? Here are a few ideas to get your holiday party fundraiser off the ground. Ugly Sweater – Have an ugly sweater party with a $10 entrance fee and…

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How to Start a Networking Group

Humans are social creatures who often co-exists in groups and communities. We have families, different groups of friends and our circle of co-workers. As a concentric circle to our co-workers, a common community is the professional networking group. These groups are often created to help people with a common interest or a mutual professional goal.…

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12 Free Software Programs that Boost Your Non-Profit’s Productivity

Idle time and productivity are two major concerns for every business organization around the world, whether they work for profit or not. There are, however, some remarkably effective productivity tools available online that a non-profit organization can employ to improve the productivity of its volunteers or employees. Here we list a few favorites among the…

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IRS Form 990 FAQs

Disclaimer: We are not tax professionals. These are suggestions only. Please check with your group’s State or National Office or with a tax professional for definitive answers.  If you need to start at the very beginning, please read What is a Form 990/EZ? All Tax-exempt organizations must file their income, expenses and other financial information…