Nonprofit News
Financial Statement: First Reflection If Things Are Going Wrong
Mar 16 2018Related to: Financial Management
Get Comfortable With Financial Statements.Part of serving on a nonprofit Board is signing off on financial statements. Suzanne Atkinson of ProBooksUSA explains that it's important that Board members feel comfortable with reading and asking questions about financial statements because they are typically the first indication when things are going... Read Article
New Research Study on the Leadership of Nonprofit Boards
Mar 15 2018Related to: Board Development, Related to: Evaluation
Take the Nonprofit Board Leadership Survey.The Alliance for Nonprofit Management announces phase two of their ground-breaking study on nonprofit board leadership. This phase focuses on the composition and roles of committees and officers.
Are you currently serving as a board officer or committee chair? Take this... Read Article
Writing The Perfect, Targeted Volunteer Opportunity
Mar 12 2018Related to: Volunteer Management
Keep It Light, Brief & StraightforwardA well-written volunteer opportunity title and description let volunteers know exactly what’s expected of them. Use short, succinct sentences to address the responsibilities of the role and clearly outline expectations. Avoid lengthy paragraphs with needlessly professional jargon, and limit your... Read Article
ACLU NM Files Suit Against The City of Albuquerque
Mar 9 2018Related to: Advocacy, Related to: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Criminalizing Speech in Public Areas.In a joint stipulation approved by the U.S. District Court last week, the City of Albuquerque agreed not to enforce an ordinance that went into effect on December 6, 2017, that restricts speech on medians, freeway entrances, exit ramps, and other areas within the City while... Read Article
Leadership Matters: Gender Equity In Nonprofits Has A Way To Go
Mar 6 2018Related to: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
The State of Nonprofit Gender Equity.The White House Project Report offers the following statistics benchmarking women’s leadership:
Women encompass 73 percent of all nonprofit employees. In the CEO job, 45 percent are female. Of organizations with a budget of at least $25 million, the CEO is female 21 percent of... Read Article
New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness Demands Improvement to ID System
Mar 5 2018Related to: Advocacy
MVD Fails to Implement Changes.Lawyers from the ACLU, the New Mexico Center on Law and Poverty, Somos Un Pueblo Unido and Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Urias and Ward PA filed suit against the Department of Taxation and Revenue (Motor Vehicle Division) over the implementation of the state's two tiered drivers license and ID system.
New Mexico... Read Article
Albuquerque Community Foundation Currently Accepting Proposals
Mar 5 2018Related to: Fund Development
ACF Opens Competitive Grant ProgramThe Albuquerque Community Foundation is currently accepting proposals in the following fields-of-interest:
Economic & Workforce Development Health Human ServicesThis year, letters-of-intent will not be accepted during the 2018 Competitive Grant Program.
In an effort to make grant decisions... Read Article
United Way of Central New Mexico Offers Free Tax Preparation
Mar 2 2018Related to: Financial Management
Free to Families Who Make $54,000 or Less.United Way of Central New Mexico offers free tax preparation through the Tax Help New Mexico program to families who make $54,000 per year or less and individuals age 65 and older regardless of income.
How It WorksVolunteer tax preparers are available at locations across the state to help you. All Tax... Read Article
Local Literacy Program Honored by Library of Congress
Mar 1 2018Related to: Leadership
Best Practices in Literacy.Reading Works was named a Best Practices in Literacy Honoree by the Library of Congress. It was one of 18 programs from 6 countries honored.
View Board President, Margaret Barker as she speaks at the Library of Congress and learn why this local literacy program won this prestigious award.
Read more about Reading Work's... Read Article
The Value of Nonprofit Capacity Building in New Mexico
Feb 28 2018Related to: Evaluation
Improving Capacity Services Across the State.New Mexico funders have a vested interest in ensuring that the statewide nonprofit sector has the information, support and resources required to operate in an efficient and effective manner to meet the needs of the people and communities they serve. Nonprofits also need to be able to access those services and... Read Article