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Top 10 Tips for Navigating Red Flags Leading a Private Foundation
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This webinar will help you navigate the most common “red flags” as you lead your private foundation and stay out of any “danger zones!"
Staying Legal: The Pension Protection Act
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The webinar recording offers a thorough understanding of the Pension Protection Act and its implications for fund management.
Working with Difficult Wills and Trusts
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In this webinar you will learn about tricky estate plans and information on how to deal with difficult wills and trusts. It will also feature best practices for working with professional advisors to ensure their client’s charitable wishes can be accomplished.
Management Liability Insurance
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This webinar discusses the variety of management liability insurance coverages and issues that foundations need to consider in order to protect their board, their managers, and their organization’s assets.
Understanding the New Accounting Guidelines
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In this webinar you will learn the key elements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) guidelines and how these changes will affect your foundation’s reporting practices.
Nonprofit Works: Bureau of Labor Statistics Data on Nonprofit Employment & Wages
... to the Nonprofit Works interactive database of a full set of data on 2016 nonprofit employment, wages, and ...
IRS & Other Required Filings
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This webinar discusses the necessary state and federal forms finance staff must file. You will also hear the latest on federal tax reform and new taxes being implemented on foundations.
Tri-State CF Partnership Webinar: Staying Legal with Donor-Advised Funds and Scholarships
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The Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA) created many changes, particularly in the administration of donor-advised and scholarship funds. It is essential that any community foundation involved in these activities have a thorough understanding of the Pension Protection Act and its implications for fund management.
Public Policy Issues for Donor Advised Funds
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This webinar is designed to provide participants with an understanding of the key issues, proposals, and players for donor advised funds - the fastest growing giving vehicle in the country.
Fund Agreements-Best Practices
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This webinar will cover the key elements of a fund agreement, share ideas for creating fund agreements that work over time, and provide guidance on how to change a fund.
Indiana Attorney General's Office-Using Variance Power
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In this webinar the Indiana Attorney General's office will discuss the use of variance power and explain their role and how it relates to the work of community foundations.
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Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice
The Principles for Good Governance and Ethical Practice outlines 33 principles of sound practice for charitable organizations and foundations related to legal compliance and public disclosure, effective governance, financial oversight and responsible fundraising. The Principles should be considered by every charitable organization as a guide for strengthening its effectiveness and accountability. The Principles were developed by the Panel on the Nonprofit Sector in 2007 and updated in 2015 to reflect new circumstances in which the charitable sector functions, and new relationships within and between the sectors.
Legal Guidance Memos
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... Variance Power Corporate Resolution Communication to the field regarding Attorney General notification templates for ...
Human Resources: Are You Legal? The Basics You Need to Know
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This webinar breaks down human resources into legal basics that are easy to understand and tips that are simple to implement.
Summit on Tobacco & Opioid Addiction for Indiana Funders
... Click on the YouTube Video below to watch the full video presentation. If you prefer to select which ... for more options. Reports Opioid Use in Indiana Full Report by Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Executive ... M. Fairbanks Foundation Infographic Tobacco Use in Indiana Full Report by Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation Executive ...
Overtime Rules and Regulations
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This webinar will review new rules the U.S. Department of Labor announced for overtime pay that may affect some of your employees.