Disaster Relief Loans for Nonprofits During the Pandemic
What should you do to access disaster relief loans for nonprofits? With shelter-in-place orders, schools closing, and employment law changes, I know...
Virtual Board Meetings For Your Nonprofit: A How-To Guide
As the country hunkers down in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, I'm getting tons of questions about voting member meetings and board meetings and...
Social Distance Doesn't Have to Mean Emotional Distance
So, things are…weird. Between school cancellations, hoping you don't run out of toilet paper, calling off big events, and working from home (if...
I Just Started a Nonprofit… Do I Need Nonprofit Insurance? Part 2
Looking for part one? Read it here! So you’ve started a nonprofit, you have everything in place, and you even saw my conversation with Tom Wertish...
Nonprofit Tax Status: What Does it Really Mean Anyway?
Time to bust some MAJOR nonprofit myths. Ready? Because it is more than just nonprofit tax status? Nonprofit is a Tax Status, NOT a Business Plan....
Do you really know what lawyers do?
What do lawyers do for nonprofits? A lot of my clients came to me for the reasons you’d expect – something got hosed up, they received a scary...
Should Your Minnesota Nonprofit Carry Workers Comp
I know, I know, a lot of Minnesota nonprofits don’t have workers comp. Say you don’t have any employees, only 1099 contractors. Or, everything is...
Treat Your Nonprofit Idea Like Your Wedding
Planning a wedding, or a nonprofit idea, is often a ton of work (assuming you don’t decide to elope). There are a lot of factors to consider, and...
THIS can hurt your chances at property tax exemption
In my home state of Minnesota, nonprofits can apply for property tax exemption if they use their real estate for mission delivery. Usually this is a...
I Just Started a Nonprofit. What About Insurance?
This is a question I WISH more founders asked me! What kind of insurance do I need? A lot of the people I meet with are surprised when I tell them...