Entries Tagged ‘Not-for-Profit Board’:

Improving Board Governance

Last week our Lunch & Learn presentation was about Not-for-profit Board Governance.  We added another session on April 23rd because we had such a great turnout for the original presentation.  One of the take-away ideas a lot of attendees left with was preparing new members for board orientation by doing the following:
• Plan to meet with [...]

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Failing to Use the Board of Directors

I recently read some interesting information on BoardSource (boardsource.org) about issues with non-profit organizations not using their boards to their fullest potential.As auditors, we see a wide variety of board member involvement. Some are very hands on, and, unfortunately, some exist in name only.
Common board member responsibilities include: 
- Attend all board and committee meetings [...]

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Establishing a Fraud Risk Assessment Program

One common recommendation we make to our audit clients is to establish a formal written fraud risk management program. Such a program should require the performance of fraud prevention procedures which can have the advantage of decreasing the risk of fraud from actually occurring in the future.
A fraud risk management program should require a fraud [...]

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A Valuable Gift from the IRS to All Non-profits

As a member of nonprofit boards and as an advisor to nonprofit organizations, finding valuable resources of information is a constant challenge for me.
One of the navigational tools that I have found to be of the most value is the Internal Revenue Service website. The Charities & Non-Profits tab at irs.gov provides timely and useful [...]

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