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Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Update 2024

The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is modifying Wage and Hour Division regulations to replace its analysis for determining employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act

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Donor Retention and Acquisition Key Challenges for Social Sector in Q3 2023

Quarterly fundraising report by The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP).

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A Shock to the Status Quo: Characteristics of Nonprofits That Make Strategic Decisions During a Crisis

A White Paper Prepared for Independent Sector. This paper aims to explore whether the crises caused by the pandemic encouraged some organizations to make structural or strategic changes. If so, what specific changes were observed?

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2023 Nonprofit Workforce Survey Results

National Council of Nonprofits survey results. Communities Suffer as the Nonprofit Workforce Shortage Crisis Continues

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Public Service Loan Forgiveness: National Council of Nonprofits.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program-Has not Changed due to the 2023 Supreme Court Ruling on Student Loan Forgiveness

The Retreat of Influence

Exploring the Decline fo Nonprofit Advocacy and Public Engagement. Authors: Dr. Lewis Faulk, Dr. Mirae Kim, and Dr. Heather Macindoe.

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FIDELITY Charitable: 2023 Geography of Giving

Dropping a pin on the local pulse of American philanthropy

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Practical Guidance

Practical Guidance What Nonprofits Need to Know About Lobbying in Massachusetts

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Measuring Fundraising Effectiveness Toolkit

Download the free 2022 Fundraising Effectiveness Tool Kit.

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FASB Accounting Standards Update

Presentation and Disclosures by Not-for-Profit Entities for Contributed Nonfinancial Assets.

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2021 Leading with Intent: BoardSource Index Nonprofit Board Practices

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Leading with Intent: Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Findings

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11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2021

From the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy

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2021 Online Fundraising Compliance

What Nonprofits Need To Know

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2021 MNN Policy Agenda

Uniting and strengthening the Massachusetts nonprofit sector

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Trends Snapshot

New Trends in Grant Applications

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Donor Trust Report 2020

The Pandemic and a Three-Year Retrospective

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Risk Management Essentials

Tips, Knowledge and Tools for Nonprofit Organizations

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Resource Directory

The W. K.Kellogg Foundation has launched a new Resource Directory for public use. The updated Resource Directory includes more than 800 knowledge products (e.g., publications, reports, briefs, research studies, videos and more).

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June 2020 John Hopkins Center for Civil Society Nonprofit Employment Report

The June 2020 John Hopkins Center for Civil Society Nonprofit Employment Report, while researched pre-COVID-19, also includes some estimates of the economic impact of the pandemic on the nonprofit sector.

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Delivering a Complete and Accurate 2020 Census Count

A Statement from U.S. Census Bureau Director Steven Dillingham.

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Thoughts on Scenario Planning in the Current US Context

Scenario planning is an approach to thinking about the future that is rooted in the recognition that even in the best of times, we can’t accurately anticipate what will come ahead.

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The 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report

John Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies 2020 Nonprofit Employment Report

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Racial Equity Capacity Builders Directory

A resource from The Boston Foundation to help the nonprofit sector address racial equity issues.

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Governor Lamont Announces ConnectiCorps Service Opportunity

The Alliance is pleased to announce the launch of ConnectiCorps, a new program that will provide community service opportunities for residents while helping community nonprofits that have faced a shortage of volunteers and increased demands due to the COVID-19 crisis.