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Having a good heart may not help you answer key questions about running a nonprofit, like: How do you protect your tax exempt status? What tax forms must you file? What insurance should you buy? Should your board members worry about personal liability? Get tips and answers here.

Articles on Nonprofit Management

What Governance Policies Should Your Nonprofit Have?
While not required by the IRS, every nonprofit should consider adopting governance policies.
Maintaining Your Nonprofit's Tax-Exempt Status
Click here for a series of articles on staying on the IRS's good side.
Nonprofits: Avoid the Three Most Common Lawsuits
Take steps to protect your nonprofit from legal problems.
What Types of Insurance Should a Nonprofit Buy?
Expect the unexpected -- and buy insurance to cover any resulting losses.
Nonprofit Image: Improve Your Public Profile
Learn how to create or improve the public's perception of your nonprofit.
Why Your Nonprofit Should Publish
To increase awareness about your nonprofit or add money to its coffers, a newsletter, magazine, or website can help.
How to Notify the IRS If You Decide to Terminate Your Nonprofit
Find out which forms and what information you'll need to file with the IRS.
Nonprofit Fundraising
Raising money, or supporting those who are doing so, will be an ongoing concern for any nonprofit manager.
Nonprofit Fundraising: Legal and Tax Concerns
From gift acceptance issues to IRS limits on nonprofits' earning money through sales, learn the rules here.
Reporting Nonprofit Operating Expenses
Nonprofits must report how much they spend on operating expenses but this isn't always a fair indicator of performance.

The Nonprofit as Employer

Volunteers and Your Nonprofit
Click here for a series of articles on recruitment tips, tax issues, and more.
Should Nonprofit Directors Worry About Personal Liability?
A nonprofit's directors are usually -- but not always -- protected from personal liability for lawsuits against the nonprofit.
How to Determine Reasonable Compensation for Nonprofit Key Employees
Make sure you know how to do a comparable compensation analysis before you set salaries for your key employees.
IRS Investigation of Colleges and Universities Reveals UBIT and Compensation Issues
Read about IRS tax compliance problems related to UBIT and compensation found at colleges and universities.
Reimbursing Your Nonprofit's Employee and Director's Expenses
Don’t ever reimburse a director or employee for expenses without complying with the accountable plan requirements.
IRS Rules on Reasonable Compensation for Executive Directors
Create a rebuttable presumption of reasonable compensation with the IRS by following these procedures.
Are Your Nonprofit Directors and Officers Employees or ICs?
Directors and officers who are paid by a nonprofit must be classified for payroll and other tax purposes.
Should Your Nonprofit Participate in Its State Unemployment Insurance Program?
Nonprofits can opt out of paying state unemployment taxes and instead reimburse actual unemployment claims.

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