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Curated articles, guides, and tools to help nonprofit leaders strengthen financial management, HR practices, and organizational effectiveness.

HR & People

Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.

HR & People

Performance Review & Appraisals

The video emphasizes that performance appraisals should be viewed as an ongoing coaching process rather than a once-a-year event. Managers are encouraged to prepare thoroughly by reviewing performance against established goals, documenting objective examples of employee performance, and avoiding personal bias or assumptions.

Nonprofit Leadership

Collin Powell-The Essence of Leadership

One of the central themes of Colin Powell's speeches on leadership is that leadership is about serving others, building trust, and setting the example. Powell consistently emphasized that leadership is not defined by rank or authority but by the ability to inspire people to achieve a common purpose.

HR & People

How to Discipline and Document a Toxic Employee

Why This Matters for Nonprofits: Toxic employee behavior — whether through chronic negativity, workplace bullying, insubordination, or cultural sabotage — can undermine mission effectiveness, erode team morale, and expose organizations to significant legal liability. Nonprofits, with their lean HR infrastructure and values-driven culture, are especially vulnerable. This guide provides a step-by-step framework for addressing toxic behavior lawfully, compassionately, and decisively.

Nonprofit Leadership

The CEO's Role in Leading Transformation

In today’s business environment, companies cannot settle for incremental improvement; they must periodically undergo performance transformations to get, and stay, on top. But in the volumes of pages on how to go about implementing a transformation, sur-prisingly little addresses the role of one important person. What exactly should the CEO be doing, and how different is this role from that of the executive team or the initiative’s sponsors?

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Compliance & Risk

Proposed Uniform Guidance," 2 C.F.R. Part 200 Federal Rule Changes Could Affect Your Grants

OMB has proposed the most significant overhaul of federal grants rules (the "Uniform Guidance," 2 C.F.R. Part 200) since 2013. If your organization receives federal funding directly, or as a subrecipient through a state agency, county, or larger nonprofit, this deserves your board's and finance team's attention now — not after the rule is finalized.

Strategic Planning

Florida Nonprofit Alliance 2026 Compensation and Benefits Survey

Florida Nonprofit Alliance, along with partners from across the state, is pleased to launch the first ever comprehensive, statewide compensation and benefits survey. Compensating employees - the people who work hard to make our communities better places to live - is one of the most important strategies to ensure organizational quality and sustainability. This survey supports the development of a comprehensive Compensation & Benefits Report and Dashboard that provides benchmarking data for a wide range of nonprofit positions across organizations of varying sizes throughout Florida. Your participation helps us provide county-level data - we must have a minimum of 5 respondents per position and county to include it in the report. Your responses are confidential and will only be reported in aggregate. Results will be shared with all participating organizations. The final report and dashboard will help Florida nonprofits demonstrate sound management to grantmakers, donors, and community stakeholders, while also supporting hiring, retention, and informed budgeting decisions

Nonprofit Leadership

The 2026 Economic Impact of Florida’s Nonprofits Florida Nonprofit PPT Presentation

The Economic Impact Report PPT is a summary of the financial information created by the nonprofit sector in Florida. It aggregates data related to how nonprofits contribute to the economy. Financial data includes employment numbers, wages, and revenue. It also describes those economic impacts by region and sub-sector.

Nonprofit Leadership

The 2026 Economic Impact of Florida’s Nonprofits Florida Nonprofits

The Economic Impact Report is a summary of the financial information created by the nonprofit sector in Florida. It aggregates data related to how nonprofits contribute to the economy. Financial data includes employment numbers, wages, and revenue. It also describes those economic impacts by region and sub-sector.

Financial Management

2024 Revised Uniform Guidance

On April 22, 2024, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued guidance for “Federal Financial Assistance,” which included the 2024 revised Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (Uniform Guidance).

Compliance & Risk

Effective Audit Committee Guide

The independent audit committee fulfills a vital role in … governance. The audit committee can be a critical component in ensuring quality

Compliance & Risk

Nonprofit Internal Control Assessment

Evaluate your organization's internal control environment against all five COSO components and seventeen principles. Rate each principle from 1 (Absent) to 5 (Optimized). Results generate a prioritized deficiency list and downloadable action plan.

Compliance & Risk

Internal Control Assessment for Non-Profit Organization

Strong internal controls are the financial backbone of every mission-driven organization. Yet for many nonprofits — regardless of size or budget — control gaps develop quietly over time, often going undetected until they surface as an audit finding, a funder disallowance, or worse, a fraud loss.

Compliance & Risk

EFFECTIVE AUDIT COMMITTEES For Nonprofit Organizations

A strong audit committee is important for all organizations. Growing organizations, as well as established organizations, audit committee may provide.

Nonprofit Leadership

Leading With Influence The 6 Power Bases

Effective leadership is about more than just achieving compliance—it’s about inspiring enthusiastic commitment. Brig. Gen. Bernard Banks discusses the science of leadership behind motivating others.

Compliance & Risk

Nonprofit Audit Guide

Nonprofit Audit Guide to provide charitable nonprofits with the tools they need to make informed decisions about independent audits.

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