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The overall lack of diversity in the nonprofit sector is a well-known issue. This report from KOYA Leadership Partners aims to provide an overview of the current state of diversity on boards and offer actionable steps that boards can take, starting today, to increase diversity and inclusion.

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) standards updates released in 2016 present significant changes to nonprofit financial reporting. This article highlights 6 of the main changes and discusses both things to consider and best practices that can help nonprofits implement the new standards.

While this guide was written for organizations in sustainability and environmental fields, the practices and tools provided in this document are relevant to nonprofits and are intended to support organizations in their evolving practices to achieve increased equity, diversity, and inclusion in their offices by addressing historical discrepancies in recruitment, hiring and retention efforts.

Organizations ready to address and embrace racial equity must first examine how race interacts with all aspects of organizational culture, from board governance, to leadership and management, to staffing and talent management, to day-to-day work flow. While not an exhaustive list, this webpage outlines four simple strategies for moving the needle on organizational change efforts intended to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health (NCDVTMH) has designed this toolkit for organizations serving survivors of domestic and sexual violence and their children. Its purpose is to support organizations in their efforts to become more accessible, culturally responsive, and trauma-informed (ACRTI) in their approach and services.

Diversity and inclusiveness are not the same. When employees from diverse backgrounds and communities are supported and allowed to flourish, the organization benefits from their ideas, skills and engagement, and retention rate of those workers also rises. To that end, this article outlines six practical strategies for creating an inclusive workplace environment.

Distinguishing between the roles of the board and the chief executive with regard to human resources, this article clearly presents the details and limitations of the board's role.

The National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) is a group of individuals collectively responsible for NRCDV as an empowerment and anti- racist organization. This document outlines key elements of empowerment that NRCDV as an organization has identified to strive while working together to dismantle individual, institutional, and cultural racism.

With sustainability as the focus, nonprofit staff and boards can and should consider a whole range of circumstances related to transitions of leadership that create risks to the mission. This article explores the need for succession planning from a risk management perspective and the organizational sustainability benefits to be gained.

This guide offers organizations information and strategies on building mission effective survivor-defined organizations. It discusses the importance of developing a survivor-defined mission and aligning that mission with the organization’s vision and values, in order to best position the organization to grow and change in ways that make survivors of violence safer.

The VTT includes tools and resources tailored specifically to these fields that provide the knowledge and skills necessary for organizations to address the vicarious trauma needs of their staff.

This webpage provides a basic overview of the limitations on lobbying for 501(c)(3) organizations under the IRS rules.