Monday, May 18, 2009

Accountability Wizard Scholarships Available


The Charities Review Council is pleased to announce that it recently received approval from the Marquette Financial Companies to award full scholarships to cover the cost of nonprofits interested in going through the Accountability Wizard. In today's tight economy when organizations are competing more than ever for public support, the Charities Review Council's Accountability Wizard provides nonprofits an opportunity to stand out and demonstrate its commitment to accountability and transparency to those who support them with donations and grants.

Scholarships are available on a first come, first served basis and are limited to organizations with annual expenses less than $2 million (as reported on its most recent IRS From 990). To take advantage of this limited opportunity, please click here. A Charities Review Council staff member will notify you shortly if you are awarded the scholarship.

If you have questions, please contact Martin Wera, Nonprofit Services Manager, at mwera@smartgivers.org or 651-224-7030 x17.

Monday, April 27, 2009

Free Wizard Webinar - May 5th

I'd like to introduce myself. I'm Martin Wera, and I recently started at the Charities Review Council as the Nonprofit Services Manager. I’m here, along with the rest of the Council staff, to provide accountability-related technical assistance to nonprofits participating in the Accountability Wizard and ensure the fair and consistent application of the Council’s standards in the review process.

Speaking of the Accountability Wizard, I'm hosting my very first webinar for nonprofits thinking about going through the review process. For those interested, here are the details:

Details:
Accountability Wizard Webinar - Free
Tuesday, May 5th
2:00 - 3:00 pm CT

You can sign up for the webinar on our website at http://www.smartgivers.org/Webinar1.html.

Monday, March 23, 2009

Twittering

The Charities Review Council has joined twitterverse. Hope you'll follow along: http://twitter.com/smartgivers

Friday, January 23, 2009

Sweat the Fundamentals

Check out Rich Cowles' guest posting on Nonprofit SOS blog. This week, Rich talks about how sweating out the small stuff such as maintaining and practicing a conflict of interest policy can keep your organization out of an uncomfortable spotlight.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tips for Nonprofits on Being More Transparent

Check out Rich Cowles' guest posting on Nonprofit SOS blog featuring tips for nonprofits on being more transparent.

Thursday, November 13, 2008

990 Resources - On-line courses

The IRS recently posted new mini-courses on a number of topics. They are really quite helpful and free! There are a few 990 preparatory courses that have good detail. Most are less than or around half an hour.

They may not be "better than Cats" but I just might watch them again and again.

Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Economic Effects on Philanthropy

Techsoup has posted a nice compilation of articles and blog posts on the economy and philanthropy.

http://blog.techsoup.org/trackback/555