This is the time for nonprofits to jump on the social media wagon and use it to bring about change, to make a positive and profound impact in the lives of people, to reach out to new supporters, to raise more funds and, yes, to increase brand visibility.
Guest blog by Tony Martignetti, Esq.
Until this year, Rosa wouldn’t have devoted space to the laws that vary widely across all states—and Washington, D.C.—that require nonprofits to register in each state where they solicit donations. The laws have been around for decades and ignored due to lack of enforcement. Nobody cared.
This year, the IRS stepped [...]
This is the season for year-end giving and many potential donors will be visiting your organization’s website. Given the many great charities out there and the current economic climate, your donor will probably ask “why should I give to your nonprofit?” You need to answer them with as much clarity and transparency as possible.
Here are [...]
GuideStart offers the largest database on nonprofits organizations in the U.S and is used extensively by grant-makers, donors and volunteers looking for accurate and reliable information about nonprofits and the work they do.
The core of this database is the GuideStar Exchange. Here, your nonprofit can provide and update information about your organization so that grant-makers [...]
We are all well-aware of the increasing rate of personal identity theft. Statistics show that as many as 10 million Americans each year are victims of identity theft. Many, however, have never even heard of something called corporate (business) identity theft. Most people never even consider that an organization has an “identity” that could be [...]
At this point, we all know that Twitter, Facebook and LiveJournal spent yesterday battling a DDOS attack. The attack was so massive that most users and all third-party services have been completely unusable for the last 20 hours or so. If these sites, which excel in their technology, infrastructure and specialized workforce, are vulnerable to [...]
