Effective Nonprofit Practices: Increasing Funders’ Confidence in your Organization

The Effective Nonprofit Practices: Increasing Funders’ Confidence in your Organization session is a strategic opportunity for nonprofit leaders to gain an increased awareness of critical principles that funders look for in effective governance and ethical practices of nonprofit organizations.

It will cover the 33 principles discussed in the Independent Sector’s Panel on the Nonprofit Sector’s “Principles of Good Governance and Ethical Practice.”

Some of the main objectives covered include:

• Essential legal compliance issues related to laws and regulations, code of ethics, conflicts of interest and protection of assets.
• Essential Board responsibilities that include fiscal and governance policies, key financial transactions, annual budget and reviewing and approving mission and strategic direction.
• Importance of Board independence and associated legal and compliance issues.
• Risks of “interlocking financial relationships” among Board members and how these risks impact the organization.
• Importance of segregation of duties and associated legal and compliance issues related to the separation of CEO, Board Chair, and Board Treasurer.
• How to maintain complete, accurate, and current financial records and associated legal and compliance issues.

Available Dates

OneStar Foundation and our partners are offering this opportunity in more than 10 cities across Texas and they are available at no cost to interested nonprofit, faith-based and community organizations.

Abilene

3-Part Series facilitated by Center for Nonprofit Management. Click here to register.

• Tuesday, September 28, 2010 - Strong Financial Oversight - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - Responsible Fundraising - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - Legal Compliance, Public Disclosure and Effective Governance - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Amarillo

3-Part Series facilitated by Center for Nonprofit Management. Click here to register.

• Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - Responsible Fundraising - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Tuesday, November 16, 2010 - Strong Financial Oversight - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Tuesday, December 7, 2010 - Legal Compliance, Public Disclosure & Effective Governance - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Bryan

All-day session facilitated by Sharon Zambrzycki dba Shazam Solutions. Email Sharon or call her at 817.925.7684 to register.

• Tuesday, October 5, 2010 - 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  

Dallas

3-Part Series facilitated by Center for Nonprofit Management. Click here to register.

• Wednesday, October 13, 2010 - Legal Compliance, Public Disclosure and Effective Governance - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - Responsible Fundraising - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Friday, October 29, 2010 - Strong Financial Oversight - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

El Paso

3-Part Series facilitated by Center for Nonprofit Management. Click here to register.

• Thursday, November 11, 2010 - Legal Compliance, Public Disclosure and Effective Governance - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Thursday, December 2, 2010 - Responsible Fundraising - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Thursday, December 16, 2010 - Strong Financial Oversight - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Galveston

All-day session facilitated by Sharon Zambrzycki dba Shazam Solutions. Email Sharon or call her at 817.925.7684 to register.

• Friday, December 10, 2010 - 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Moody Memorial United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall 2803 53rd St.)
  

Houston

Details coming soon.

Kilgore

Details coming soon.

Sherman

3-Part Series facilitated by Center for Nonprofit Management. Click here to register.

• Thursday, September 30, 2010 - Legal Compliance, Public Disclosure and Effective Governance - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Thursday, October 7, 2010 - Strong Financial Oversight - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Thursday, October 14, 2010 - Responsible Fundraising - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Texarkana

Details coming soon.

Tyler

3-Part Series facilitated by Center for Nonprofit Management. Click here to register.

• Wednesday, September 29, 2010 - Legal Compliance, Public Disclosure and Effective Governance - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Wednesday, October 20, 2010 - Responsible Fundraising - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Wednesday, October 27, 2010 - Strong Financial Oversight - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Waco

3-Part Series facilitated by Center for Nonprofit Management. Click here to register.

• Friday, October 1, 2010 - Strong Financial Oversight - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Friday, October 8, 2010 - Legal Compliance, Public Disclosure and Effective Governance - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• Friday, October 22, 2010 - Responsible Fundraising - 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM